Our schedule is getting full! I can't even believe that's happened, but thanks to the recommendations from our long time friends and the welcoming arms of the great people that we've met since being here, we are really not spending a lot of down time.
Our upstairs neighbor invited us on a group trip to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, or if you don't want to sound like you're not local, just call it OMSI.
It's similar to the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose, (which actually does not charge those who can't afford to pay the entrance fee...I think that's pretty cool. Don't know if OMSI has the same policy).
At OMSI, we stuck mainly to their free-for-all playroom. It was pretty great, especially since my two guys like to run opposite directions. This place is fairly safely enclosed. You still will have to keep an eye on them and I did have sit down talk with the boys about not leaving the room without me and checking in often, but at least you don't have to worry about them falling into the tiger pit or the bear lair if you turn your head for a second.
They had a blast checking out the water works, sandbox, climbing structure with bean bag pulley, and animal information area.
After a little lunch in the snack corner, we headed to the maze exhibit. Super cool, but a little overwhelming trying to keep tabs on the kiddos as they're running through the mazes. The smaller one was great (cuz it was clear), but the bigger one was scary at times. Luckily we had a few sets of parent eyes, and Rowan's light up shoes made it easier too!
Cid spent a long time building marble mazes. The woman volunteering there told me he was going to be an engineer ;)
On Thursday, Rowan had an extra long day at preschool since he had soccer class aftward and Cid just wasn't having a nap. Cid gets the short end of the stick when it comes to learning activities. He always has. So I thought I should come up with an activity for him and this is what I came up with:
Pom Pom Pattern Caterpillars.
All you need for this is pom poms (small, like 1/2" size), glue, and the printables that I attached.
It's super easy to just draw your own caterpillars too for more patterns.
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| Pom Pom Pattern Caterpillar Printable 1 |
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| Pom Pom Pattern Caterpillar Printable 2 |
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