EdVenture

The other weekend while we were in Lexington, Tommy and I wanted to take Addie to EdVenture. It was mostly me that wanted to go - I had always seen the Snowville exhibit advertised, and it looked like so much fun, that I was sure Addie would love it. Too bad it stunk. Snowville was a huge letdown, and pretty much the rest of the museum was as well. Granted, I'm comparing it to the Children's Museum in Greenville, which is amazing. I'm glad we went. I'm sure we'll go back. But I was disappointed.

When we first got there, AK did her thing that she always does - freaks out and jumps in my arms. I don't know if it was the huge kid, Eddy, or if it was the robot doll/muppet looking thing, in the wheelchair, that freaked her out. Regardless, in my arms was where she stayed for a while!

See the horror-stricken look on her face? Bless her sweet heart!
Still there in my arms!

Love these up close pics of my sweet girl's precious face!

I guess her favorite part was the grocery store. I think that's every kid's favorite part. I enjoyed it with her. The checkout line was longer than at a regular store. And the fake food made me want to yak - at least the fake meats did. (Then I started to think that we were right here in the middle of flu season and wondered how often they cleaned this stuff?)

Reading the labels - just like mommy!

None of this stuff is organic!

Serious Shopper!

AK's fave - raisins!

I had to boost her up here on the chicken and egg exhibit:

It was getting close to naptime - thus the ear-rubbing.

My big girl, driving the tractor, and even acting like she knows what she's doing!

And driving the fire truck:

Not sure what we were looking at here, but apparently, I liked it!:

And knows to put on her seatbelt in the little VW bug:

Daddy and Addie going through the fire tunnel: (at least I think that's what it was!)

And this one is for Uncle E - AK at the hotel, working the front desk!

These next pics were in the specificly for 3 and under room. Tommy and I were able to sit and relax for a bit, and it was much cooler in there, it was my favorite part!

She loved the puppets. I see a puppet theater in her future!

I love this -this was the periscope on the little boat. She tried so darn hard to see in it!

Tired little sailor!

This was the ramp up to the boat -she saw someone else sliding down it, and you know - monkey see, monkey do:

Well, we had a good time. It was fun to experience this with her as with anything new. However, I won't be breaking the doors down to go back! (And if any of you want a road trip, the Greenville Children's Museum is well worth it!)

A BIG No-No!

Look what Addie has recently learned to do:

How can you tell a smile like that, "no!"?

It's pretty easy to do once she falls face forward into the sink, and you grab her just barely by the arm!

(We've got to work on taking pictures and laughing at her being so "cute" and then telling her she can't do something!)

Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's On Its Way!

With it being such a long, cold, and dreadful winter this year, as soon as Valentine's Day was over, I was up in our decorating closet huffing and puffing, trying to get the spring and Easter decorations out. I knew AK would really be into it this year, and I was definitely right! I think I thought if I decorated all springy, then maybe it would get here quicker!

My mom has given me, and now Addie too, tons of precious Easter eggs over the years. I love to look back over them each year. They really are so pretty. My mom did really good and even wrote the dates she gave them to me on many of them! I have attempted to do this with all of Addie's. Hopefully I'll keep it up.

Many of my decorative Easter eggs are quite breakable, and Addie is usually really good about not touching things we tell her not to touch. I pulled out her beautiful, sweetgrass, Easter basket and put some plastic eggs in it. She's enjoyed playing with those, but does prefer the decorative ones!

I have two Easter trees, and still am able to fill a basket and another container full of them. (Has that stopped me or my mother from buying them? No!) I mean, there are only so many ways to display Easter eggs, but we try! Below are pictures of Addie decorating the tree we put in her room:

Yes, that is one of the big rubbermaid containers FULL of eggs!

Aren't they pretty? These are mostly my non-breakable ones, since this tree was going in her room.

LOVE these looks on my little Easter bunny's face!

Last year, the Easter bunny brought Addie two eggs with the most precious sayings on them. They are porcelain, so they didn't go on her tree! One said, "When I count my blessings, I count you twice," and the other said something else along those lines. Just perfect for my little angel.

And this is after a bath, and her face is still dirty! Geez Louise!