We started off the new year with a trip to the Children's Museum. Jason and I had never been there yet and we thought Cale would be old enough now to actually enjoy himself. It was pretty packed the day we went, so there was a lot of commotion and sometimes it was a little hard to do things "hands on" with all the little kids running around, but overall it was a really good day! Cale had a lot of fun and Jason and I really enjoyed watching Cale explore everything.

Cale especially liked this water slide for boats----the idea was to wait at the bottom and as soon one of the kids at the top launched their boat down the slide you had to be at the ready to grab one once it fell into the pool at the bottom so you could get your own turn of launching! Here, Cale waits patiently for a boat........

He was also pretty amazed at watching the little white balls get sucked up into the tubes and come out a different hole somewhere else way down the line.....He made a little friend at this stop--there was a shortage of little white balls, so they ended up sharing--each taking a turn at dropping the ball down the tube....
This place was all about balls.....balls of every size, shape, and color...so Cale was in heaven. However, by this time, Daddy was getting a little annoyed at some of the "commotion"-- really feeling that some parents needed to teach their children some better manners! Can't you just see his face now?!!?

We spent the most amount of time at "Habitot." This was an exhibit made especially for toddlers -- tons of different things for them to touch, climb, and explore. Our little man was getting pretty adventurous, preferring to climb up slanting slopes all by himself instead of holding mommy's hand, and running across draw bridges just to get to a cool slide.

Here is Cale sitting on a lilypad as he wonders what this little girl next to him might be up to.

The slanting slope I was talking about....and also notice he's paying no attention to the kids that are trying to come down the slope--almost like he's daring them to try!

Cale and daddy looking at all the cars down on the street below

And then here we are at Earth World. Cale loved this area too-- lots of fish and outdoor things to look at. Here Jason is trying to help Cale grab some tadpoles and frogs from the river--He could have done that for hours--and Jason got quite a work out heaving Cale up and down, to and fro!

Nothing like a good field trip to put our little guy to sleep (this despite the fact that he had had multiple cups of apple juice, multiple sips of pop, and multiple bites of ice cream throughout the day) What can I say, we were still on vacation mode! Although, I can't decide if no affect from the sugar and caffiene is a good thing or a bad thing????!!!!