More Winter Playtime

Its hard to believe how much we've packed into Winter Break. Today was as busy as ever.

This morning we talked to Mom on facetime and told her all about our Winter Break so far. Then we headed back over to the Austin Children's Museum. It was only open for 3 hours today, so we tried to get there right when it opened.  What a difference from Sunday.  Today it was super crowded.  There was a line out the door.  Fortunately, we had a membership, and that line was a lot smaller.

Today we did different things at the museum than we did on Sunday. We brought our coats this time, so we could play on the giant outdoor playscape. It was three stories tall. Hazel went all the way to the top, while Turner and I stayed closer to the ground.

After we had had enough of the cold, we headed inside to the experiment area. Today the experiment was ice tunnels. They gave each of us a block of ice and some paint saturated with salt. We painted the ice and watched as the salt in the paint melted the ice, creating tunnels in the ice. Hazel and I thought it was amazing, but Turner wasn't as impressed.

When we finally had enough of that we headed over to the Moving Gym area. We went back and forth between that area and the grocery store area for a while. Turner managed to sneak away into the toddler area. Dad was impressed that Turner remember to take off his shoes before going in there, but a little frustrated that Turner kept running off.

Hazel and I asked Dad if we could go back to the experiment area to paint a bigger block of ice together. Dad said okay as long as we stayed together. We did, and we patiently and politely asked the museum staff for help getting our ice block set-up. Dad was impressed at how good we worked together. Meanwhile Dad took Turner to a reading area and they read books.

Hazel in the tunnel

We finished up in the water area which was just as fun as yesterday. We left as the were closing the museum. We came home, had lunch, and all took a well-deserved nap.

After nap, we had dinner and a game night at our synagogue. There were a bunch of other kids to play with. We played our pizza and cooties games, ate dinner and dessert, and then ran around until we were too tired to move. We put on our pajamas, climbed into the car, and headed back home, asleep before our heads hit the pillows.