I also wanted to tell you about the Please Touch Museum! Mom, Dad, and I met Sheila there on Saturday for a VERY fun morning at the museum. There were so many things to do, but my favorites were the full sized bus and car, the ball “zone,” the button wall, the construction site, and the steam engine! We decided to do the transportation area first, and that was a brilliant idea. The full sized bus was GREAT. I got to steer using the huge steering wheel and push a ton of buttons. I had to take turns with some other kids, but I got to go back to the bus a ton of times. They also had a full sized car, so I drove that for a while, too.
Next we went into more of a science zone. Right in the middle of the room was a huge area where they had a lot of balls, and boxes. When you pushed a button on the box it would blow air, then when you put the ball on top of the air the ball would “float”! It was so cool. I loved throwing the balls, pushing the buttons, feeling the air blowing on my hands and cheeks, and getting the balls to float! I could have stayed in there all day. I also tired the giant hamster wheel, but I think I am still too little to make it go.
In the space room they had air powered “rockets;” Daddy thought those were the best! I liked the wall of buttons in the corner. Each button made a different sound, and I liked hearing the different tones!
Then we went downstairs to the kiddo sized grocery store. They had shopping carts my size!! Awesome. I was a little annoyed when Mom told me that the crackers weren’t real so I couldn’t have any. I had some goldfish that she brought instead.
After that we went to do some construction. They had MORE trucks to drive! I loved the wheel barrow that was my size, and Sheila and I stacked some bricks. My favorite part is knocking down the stacks!
That was about half the museum. I was getting tired and hungry by the time we were done doing construction, but before we left we HAD to visit the train room! I got to shovel coal in the fire box; it was totally worth it.
On the way out we also visited the toddler playground for a few rides on the slides, the water tables (which were a little too tall for me), and the carousel! Daddy and I rode on the horse together!
When we got back to the car I instantly fell asleep in my seat. That’s the sign of a great day!
Here are some pictures and here is the full album.
We definitely have to go back to the Please Touch Museum. There are a few more sections that we didn’t get to play in and they looked so fun! Preston truly had a blast. Usually in new places he takes a little while to warm up. That did NOT happen at the museum. He wanted to get out of his stroller from the moment we got there.
Our morning was a little more complicated than we thought it would be because there was a major Triathlon happening in Fairmount Park. There was no place to park, and all the roads were blocked so we couldn’t get in to the museum! We finally found a place to park on the street a few blocks from the Musuem. It was a beautiful day and we were a little early, so we walked!
On downside of the museum, although it’s kind of cute, is that he now thinks he should push the shopping cart when we go somewhere. But he is just too short!!
Everyday he does something new and cute!! I should do a daily post so I can remember them all.
Lately I have been saying “Don’t Touch” and “yuck yuck” a lot. So the other day Preston was eating yogurt and I dropped a glop of it onto his tray. He pointed to the glop and said “don’t touch, yuck yuck” (in his own way of course). I guess he’s getting the point! I love when I get confirmation that he’s learning the rules! I really love this age, of course he had tantrums and gets frustrated about things, but I feel like all the good things he is doing completely outweigh the tantrums.
The only thing that I am still really frustrated about is his sleeping. He just does NOT want to go to sleep. He will happily lay in his crib quietly, but he refuses to go to sleep. The second I leave his room he freaks out, and the time it takes for him to cry himself out seems to be getting longer, not shorter. It used to be a few minutes and then he would be out. Now I feel like he could go on forever if I don’t go in and calm him down. I don’t think bedtime should take an hour or more; I have to figure this on out!