Imagine Children’s Museum

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Here are some photos from our day yesterday. We started the day with a heaping pile of guilt on me because I am leaving the kids three nights a week and going to school. Add to that Elliot didn’t want to go to school. So we ditched preschool and all went to Trav’s gym class. He is still enjoying his class! He’s one of the bigger kids there and I can’t wait until he can go into the 3-yr olds class, which means I can sit on the sidelines.

After gym class we went to Imagine Children’s Museum in Everett. It’s about a 30-minute drive, which around here is a LONG DRIVE. But we made it there! It was a good day for a museum since the weather here has been wet and gloomy lately. The kids loved it and I did too. Elliot especially loved the trains. There was an elaborate play train set and behind it was another elaborate electric train set. Trav loved pretending to be a pilot. He kept flying me to New York City. The roof deck of this place had a big slide/climbing thing that the kids didn’t go on because it was wet, but they did like the stegosaurus bones. On the bottom floor, we had a snack and you can see the photo where Elliot is giving Trav “one more minute” to finish his snack because Elliot wanted to get back upstairs and play some more. It was a great day, and Trav mostly kept his pants dry. We’re back on the potty training train and I think it might stick this time.

Next quarter I’m only going to take two classes.

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Elliot’s point system

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Earlier this week, when Elliot was delirious with fever, he crawled into my bed wanting to snuggle. As we laid together and he coughed all over me and rubbed his nasty nose on my pillow, he said to me “Mom, I love you more than Trav and more than Dad.” I really needed to hear that since I was tired and could feel myself getting sick too. 

Today, however, Elliot told me, “Mom, I love Dad three thousand and ninety-nine. And I love you a hundred.” I had no idea how he came up with those numbers. So I asked him, “Who fed you breakfast and lunch? Who let you stay home from school today (because he was still sick)? Who let you have ice cream for lunch? Who let you watch TV on the big screen? Who played hide and seek with you? Who played magnets with you? Who made a craft with you today? Who washed your sheets for you? Who cared so much that she gave you a bath today?” “You did,” he said, “but when Dad gets home he’s going to play Legos.” And that’s how Fletch got all those extra “units”. And Fletch can have them, because I do not like to play Legos. 

O is for Ordinary

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Looking for our weekly alphabetic item to share at school, Elliot brought his electric train from his room for consideration. Since our letter this week is O, I said that train starts with the letter T and we need to find something that starts with O. Elliot said exasperatedly, “Mom, it’s an ordinary train.” Weekly alphabetic item found!