When Ethan was little and I was often bored out of my brain being at home with just him, I ventured out a lot and found lots of playgroups and activities to do. Isaac has benefitted from that and been dragged along to a lot of places. Unfortunately our ward here has no playgroup. Ethan and Isaac got along really well this summer and were happy most of the time to just play in the backyard or go shopping with me. But since Ethan has started preschool, Isaac has become friend-less in the mornings and is often very bored. So in an effort to try and get him some more stimulation we tried out the Children's Museum at the Gateway and fell in love.
The entrance has this amazing ball area with chutes and tubes with air where the kids can load up the balls and send them flying around the room. Isaac was sold at this point- A place with balls- cool, I'm there!
Ethan loves the little grocery store.
I'm excited for next month when Walmart is supposed to re-do the little store and put in new little shopping carts and food and checkout machines that actually beap. Should be fun.
Isaac never passes up the chance to climb up on the fake horse. Aunt Jess was nice enough to come along so I didn't have to chase both boys from place to place.
It's interesting to see the differences between the 2 boys and their ages. Ethan gets more out of each experience. Here he's using levers and pulleys and building things. Isaac is happy just to carry the blocks around and send them down the slide.
And they both love this weird helicopter that does nothing but make the right sound. Seriously, no moving, no shaking, just noise and they love it.
Ethan also gets into the role-playing more. He loves delivering the mail- and eggs- since he's a farmer on his tractor.
My dad was in town last weekend and came along with us. Of course Isaac had to climb up on the horse again. Anyone notice a climbing pattern?
Does he look like he's into the dressing up/roll playing stage yet? Absolutely not! I try to take Isaac at least once a week while Ethan is in school, we'll see how that goes with the new baby.
The entrance has this amazing ball area with chutes and tubes with air where the kids can load up the balls and send them flying around the room. Isaac was sold at this point- A place with balls- cool, I'm there!
Ethan loves the little grocery store.
I'm excited for next month when Walmart is supposed to re-do the little store and put in new little shopping carts and food and checkout machines that actually beap. Should be fun.
Isaac never passes up the chance to climb up on the fake horse. Aunt Jess was nice enough to come along so I didn't have to chase both boys from place to place.
It's interesting to see the differences between the 2 boys and their ages. Ethan gets more out of each experience. Here he's using levers and pulleys and building things. Isaac is happy just to carry the blocks around and send them down the slide. 
And they both love this weird helicopter that does nothing but make the right sound. Seriously, no moving, no shaking, just noise and they love it.
Ethan also gets into the role-playing more. He loves delivering the mail- and eggs- since he's a farmer on his tractor. 
My dad was in town last weekend and came along with us. Of course Isaac had to climb up on the horse again. Anyone notice a climbing pattern?
Does he look like he's into the dressing up/roll playing stage yet? Absolutely not! I try to take Isaac at least once a week while Ethan is in school, we'll see how that goes with the new baby. 
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