Portland Children's Museum

Conor,

Today we went to the Portland Children's Museum with some of your friends from Tuesday Group.  We had never been before and were a little nervous about whether it would be appropriate for you since your not walking or even crawling.  But - it was awesome!  Daddy came with us too and this was his first playdate!

The museum has a toddler section like the New Hampshire Museum.  It was located in the middle of the museum floor and you could see many of the other exhibits from this spot.  There were so many things for you to do.

There as a round padded circle that babies could sit in - you enjoyed it so much you invited your friends in to play.

First came H.  You guys are just learning to reach for each other and you ended up holding hands.

Hi Dad!  Did you get a picture of me and H?

I should have known you would :)

This is a great photo of part of the area - its set up like a tree house/club house and a fountain.  There is air keeping the beach ball in the air!

Playing in the circle with H and A

After playing in the circle you decided to play in the tube.  There was only standing room and you stood in the tube for a while and everyone was amazed at how long you were able to stand.

You stood in there for so long that your friend B came to try to help him out - but you weren't so sure you wanted help getting out.

Nope - I'm loving this thing - Daddy will you buy me one?

This special area was just for 'infants' or non-crawlers and Conor had fun hanging out in here for a bit.

You even invited Daddy into the treehouse to play!

After the treehouse we went to play with the air fountain.  You loved standing and holding onto the cone and watching the scarfs fly into the air.

Getting ready to let it go.....

WOW - look how high it went!

Conor's turn!  Just Kidding - you didn't fly in the air but you made some funny faces when I held you over the air tube.

Reaching for your friend Q and telling her a story.

Posing under the Rainbow for Daddy.

And peeking through the cloud in the rainbow!

Two leprechauns over the rainbow!

Where's Conor?  (You loved that tube!)

Baby Stew - playing with your friends just before it was time to go (Q, A & C).

We checked out the rest of the museum and there is so much to do that we will have lots of fun here for years to come!  This is the reading nook in the camping section - its a little log cabin.

Your Daddy and I had so much fun playing with you and your friends at the museum. Your Daddy was the only Daddy that was able to go and he wanted me to make sure that I wrote that he had an 'awesome' time. There is a whale exhibit and the whale was supposed to be lowered at 3pm - we waited around to see it happen but it didn't lower so we left and went to Whole Foods.

You were so tired after all that playtime that you were asleep before we even left the parking spot and when I took you out of your carseat at Whole Foods you didn't even wake up. I wondered why everyone was smiling at your Daddy and I while we were shopping and when I caught you in the mirror asleep on my shoulder I knew why.

When we got home we gave you some naked time - which you loved.  You enjoy naked time and Daddy even gave you a lotion massage to calm you after your very busy day.

And a little naked time when we got home to help unwind from such a busy afternoon!  You rolled over twice today but I wasn't able to catch it on camera.

I am so glad that we are able to take you on these little adventures and I hope that you love them as much as we love bringing you on them.

xoxo
Mom & Dad