We're baaaaa-ck!

We couldn't get enough of the New Haven Children's Museum...so we came back this weekend too! We watched "The Snowman" on the big screen while accompaniment was played on piano. Well...Scarlett didn't do too much "watching." She did more squirming, banging, and chewing on museum teddy bears. Val and I learned that children around the age of two have about a fifteen minute attention span. We learned this because about fifteen minutes into the movie it no longer felt like we were in a quiet theatre, but felt more like we were in the mosh pit at a Wiggles concert.

The theme of this trip to the museum was dressing up. We found bee and butterfly costumes. We also found monkey tails. You might ask yourself - could Val and I embarrass our children any more? The answer to that question is - probably not, folks. Probably not. Check us out...

We baffled scientists everywhere when our baby bumblebees magically metamorphosed into exquisite butterflies...with giant floppy more like ears than wings.Best monkey buddies...The museum was fresh out of bananas for our monkeys. Scarlett reverted back to her trusty blueberries from last week. Ask me how many kids I think put this exact blueberry into their mouth prior to Scarlett. Some mirror action...

and some banging action...
and finally, some bed in the "Goodnight Moon" room action.

All that action created one tuckered out tot....or one tuckered out monkey/bee/butterfly baby...however you look at it - Scarlett was pooped.

The Children's Museum in New Haven...

...is so cool! On Saturday, Scarlett and I went to their Saturdays at 2 program where we heard "Jump, Frog, Jump" performed by a storytelling troupe from Yale. Just for listening, we were given a copy of the book to take home and add to the massive library Scarlett has accumulated in the past 8 months. (I have a problem. I know.) As if that wasn't exciting enough, our favorite friend Carson, and our favorite mommy Val joined us. We haven't had a playdate since November! Scarlett was starting to think that Carson had moved on. Here is a picture of Scarlett patiently waiting for Carson to arrive. She was a little shy with the other babies at first, but with Carson by her side she is invincible. They make a good team. After the story, we went into the puppet room. (I'm not quite sure if that's the technical name, but it works.) Scarlett played with possums, and Carson played with turtles. Can you contain your excitement? Then we discovered the room of funky mirrors. I almost felt as if I should supply the museum with a bottle of Windex after Scarlett left this room. I'll assume you've all seen my previous post on Scarlett and mirrors. They're not so...um, reflective after she's done with them.

My favorite room was the "Goodnight Moon" room. It was a total recreation of the room in the book. Val and I waited patiently to tuck Carson in Scarlett into the little bed in the room for what we knew would be an adorable photo, but alas, it was so packed in there and we kept getting cut in line by little kids. The nerve of them wanting to play in the room when there are two first time mothers with a camera. We gave up eventually and got these photos instead. Then it was on to the music room. Scarlett got the hang of her bell shaker initially, but then it kind of turned into her getting the hang of it...deliciously. Observe...Well...what good is a bell shaker if you can't eat it?Then we played with a blueberry bush. We had quite a day! Scarlett had so much fun with Carson that we went over to his house on Sunday too. (I know...two playdates in one weekend?! We're getting good at this).