Oklahoma Field Trip #2

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well, writing my last post, plus reading three other blogs about babies that coincidentally and ironically mirrored some of my same feelings tonight, made me too sad. so I figured I'd better write about something more lighthearted....
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The Science Museum! We took Henry on a big boy adventure - lunch out with mom and dad, and a trip to the science museum - while we were in Oklahoma. Just for fun, but it felt like we were going on a special trip for some reason. Maybe since it was just the three of us. Or maybe because it seemed kind of like a reward-y thing to do. But it was a fun afternoon out.

look familiar?

We took this picture for our cousins, a dentist and a hygienist :)

Our boy LOVES fish. Can you kind of tell he's talking to the fish here? He is. Take my word for it.

So many Henrys! He had some troubles in the maze of mirrors, including walking smack dab into one of them. Didn't faze him, and cracked us up. We made it out safely, and he started to really get the hang of navigating the mirrors, with dad in front leading and mom encouraging from behind.

Tumbling Henry:

The obstacle course begins with the balance beam.....

continues with the tumbling mats.....
headstand to impress the judges.....
he sticks the landing......
a perfect 10!Our boy is obsessed with trains. He can hear them from our house, and says "choo-choo" ("da-dat!") and pumps his arm. He recognizes them when we cross the train tracks too. So when we found out the museum had a train exhibit, we knew it was the place for us. He ran as soon as he heard the whistle.

He watched them for quite awhile. Next up, the train exhibit at the science museum in Chicago, which is huge (couldn't find an overhead shot). Well, actually there's a New York Central Railroad Museum close by, so we'll probably tackle that first. And the New York Central Toys and Trains store in town. Yes, we have a train store in town!

Family picture to end the day

yup, that made me feel better :)