Outings

We've had some great weather lately and have been out and about a lot. For Christmas we got a membership to The Magic House. It's a great children's museum not far from our house. Abby can't wait to go back again and again.

They have such great rooms where kids can themed imaginary play, everything from a grocery store to a hospital nursery (Abby's favorite.)

One of her other favorite rooms is a craft room, this time it was set up for painting, one of her favorite things to do. Noah's favorite room by far is the water room where he can sit in a high chair and splash all over the place.

We also made a trip to the World Bird Sanctuary. It's a great free place where you can see many birds up close.  But Abby really loves to go and see the bunny, Hazel. Her other favorite part, the snake room. This last visit volunteers were helping a constrictor shed its skin in a tub of water. Pretty cool. Noah wasn't quite as impressed as Abby but getting them outside in this great weather is wonderful.

I love how close we can get to the birds, how often will the kids see owls and eagles this close.

This past weekend we made a winter trip to the zoo, as the temperature was supposed to get to 60 degrees. We went first thing in the morning so it was still pretty chilly. We had a great time, sorry for the crummy picture its blown up from my cell phone. This is Abby standing in front of Raja, he just turned 19years old and the zoo had a big party for him.

I would love to skip winter and head right to springtime.