The last of the mommy blog posts. :)
Ok, when last we left our fearless adventurers, they had explored the Natural Science Museum in Houston and made some paper lanterns and sugar cube pyramids.
This time, we managed to get to the “Children’s Art Park” with the Austin Symphony in time to play with the instruments. Or as they charmingly call it, “The Instrument Petting Zoo.” Honestly, I think Tori was a little disappointed at the lack of goats after getting pumped for the “petting zoo.” Which might explain why this is the only picture I have of her with the instruments:
Whereas the difficulty with Elizabeth is picking which instrument picture to post. She had SO much fun with the instruments, even if her refusal to listen to even the most simple instructions from the symphony volunteers resulted in a number of almost correct instrument positionings, like so:
We had to leave before the face painting because Beth was VERY over the heat and sitting on the stone steps, and when Tori realized that it was Beth’s fault she didn’t get face paint, she tore into her bigger sister like a tornado. Yet more proof that child is related to me, because wow, I recognized THAT temper.
So we went to Ruta Maya that weekend for some Circus Chicken Dog and face painting. Incidentally, the Circus Chicken Dog guy is a genius. I sincerely hope he manages to get rich off of his act because he has managed to make playing with his dogs into an enjoyable and apparently profitable enterprise. More power to you, Circus Dog guy.
But enough about that, onto the face painting!
Two things about this picture: 1) seriously, how gorgeous is Elizabeth? Look at that beautiful little face! I tell you, that kid has a future in modeling and 2) Tori’s face, in the background, cracks me up.
Finished Tori:
And OF COURSE it’s a tiger. For months, whenever we would play “20 Questions” Tori would think of a tiger. (“I’m thinking, I’m thinking, I’m thinking….ok, I’ve got it.” “Is it a tiger?” “Yes!”)
And we FINALLY managed to get some use out of our Children’s Museum membership.
Yes, that is a faux grocery store checkout counter. And yes, she is VERY sure she needs the hard hat.
I’m not sure why, but she kept that face the entire time she was dancing.
And we did get to make the sphinxes:
WHY does she make that face whenever I ask her to smile?
And I just discovered I have no picture of Beth with her finished sphinx. Ah well. You’ll survive it.
Here we are, 4 days after I gave them back to their father and I’m just about done with the initial grieving period I endure every time I give them back. Regular blogging to resume from here on out.
And there’s so much to talk about! Starting a new fitness regime and new work system. Accidentally adopted a new cat. The usual chaos.
Stay tuned…same bat-time, same bat-channel. :)
