Treehouse Museum! What fun!!

Last week we went to the Treehouse Museum.  It is geared to mostly younger kids, but our older ones found things they liked as well.  We were supposed to go with all of Mr. T's family who are in town visiting or just live nearby, but his parents ended up sick, so the thing was cancelled.  But, we had already bought our vouchers a month or more earlier when we found a deal on line for half price, so we decided to go ahead and go anyway.  Here are some pictures of the fun we had that day! Apple was so much fun, I love the joy and magic that little ones bring to everything they experience.

She didn't know quite what to think of all the dolls.  And the fact that she couldn't touch any of them made it so that it wasn't as fun as she'd have liked. 

She LOVED to gather all the 'horses' and thought it was great that she could carry them.  

Here she is gathering the horses.

A great team building activity that required many hands to make it work!

Fabulous building and bonding time with dad!  Love it! Mr. T loved all the planks to build with. 

And dad wasn't the only one loving the planks.  Dad went for height, Ginga' went for style!

This is the drawing station.  They were creating their own eggs.

It's a bit bigger and almost done...

getting closer...

Finished!  Wait til you see what happens next...

What baby can resist a tower?  Especially when her favorite game is, Timber?

She thought this horse was so cool..and she loved the hat too! 

It's not very often we can capture such a great smile on her! She was in heaven on this horse, obviously.  Isn't she adorable? Love this picture!

It was a fun day which we ended by having lunch at Tony's Pizza, which is a place Mr. T used to go get pizza when he was little.  The kids thought it was a bit strange to actually be able to go in and sit and order a pizza, instead of having it delivered.  :)  Over the summer we had reading goals, and we said that if everyone met their reading goal, then we would do something fun as a family.  We decided that this would be it, it was a fun time together. 

A dog with a bone...

Have you ever heard that expression?  Well, it has been put to good use around here as we have all endured Ginga' diligence and perseverance at learning a new piano song.  I love it when he has a new song finally done to the point that he can play it easily and doesn't have to play the same measures over and over again.  It is quite a feat of patience for some of the other children though.  Sometimes it would be nice if we had a piano room.  Hmm..maybe we'll have to think about that.  :) I wonder who would like to give up their room for it?  I sure love to hear him play though and I am very glad that he enjoys it and is working so hard to learn to read music on his own.  If I can get it to upload, I'll put a video clip on here of him playing his latest endeavor.  The new song is called, Love Story meets Viva la vida by The Piano Guys.  It really does sound awesome.  I think he is setting an incredible example for his siblings as well.  He will literally practice for hours at a time, thank goodness for home schooling!

Here it is!  We had a little whining from our Squirrel, so we'll see if we picked that up as well!

Way to go Ginga'! Keep up the hard work, just please give a little reprieve every so often.  And, we would love to hear a few more hymns.  (hint, hint)  ;)