Emi-chan is 2 years old today! How time flies.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Outing
Last Friday, Rick and I took Emi-chan to the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose. It's a hands on museum for kids. After nearly getting run over by an earth mover and getting lost for a few minutes, we finally got to the museum (I was reading the map wrong. Oops). We were greeted by a enormous purple building and a giant rubber ducky on the roof. We got there late, so we had only a couple of hours to see the museum. From the outside, the place looked a little small, so I thought we could cover the place in that amount of time, but I was wrong. When we got in, the first thing I noticed were the happy, hyper kids having fun, and the dazed, glassy-eyed parents stumbling after them.
Initially, we didn't know where to start, so we just started wandering around and found some really cool exhibits. Emi-chan didn't want to try anything out at first, but she quickly got the hang of the place. In fact, there were a few exhibits we had to drag her from so we can check out another one. Here are some highlights:
The Merry-Go-Round room. One of Emi-chan's favorite sections.
Firefighter Emi-chan!
Initially, we didn't know where to start, so we just started wandering around and found some really cool exhibits. Emi-chan didn't want to try anything out at first, but she quickly got the hang of the place. In fact, there were a few exhibits we had to drag her from so we can check out another one. Here are some highlights:
The Merry-Go-Round room. One of Emi-chan's favorite sections.
Waterways: she cried when we left (i.e.dragged her screaming).
This contraption shows how bubbles move through liquid. Mathematians and scientists use this to study bubbles. The only thing I could think of when we were playing with this thing is, "Is that what it looks like when you have gas in the bath."
Firefighter Emi-chan!
Finally, Emi-chan's favorite display, the ducky on the roof.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Date With Emi-chan
A few days ago, after feeling a little claustrophobic cooped up in the house for days, I decided that Emi-chan and I need to go on a "date" and get out of the house for awhile.
Since we hadn't had lunch, we went to Burger King (I know, I'm a horrible mom - feeding my precious child junk). I got her a BK meal with mac-n-cheese, french fries, and apple juice. I had a Jr. Whopper, fries, and iced tea. I wolfed down my whole meal and wished I had more. Emi-chan daintily ate her fries one by one, and spilled most of her apple juice on herself.
Then, I took her to a new park. I think she was a little spooked. There were a bunch of men playing soccer, which was fine, but also there were a couple of shady looking men watching the soccer players...then us. Eeew.
Once at the playground, Emi-chan and I loosened up a little bit and had fun climbing on the play structures and digging in the sand. I was chasing Emi-chan around when she stepped in some dog doo. I saw it a tenth of a second before her foot went in. Yuck! (No photo. Didn't think you wanted to see that). I picked her up and put her in a swing to try to clean some of the poo off her shoe. Couldn't get most off, so decided that was the end of the visit to the park. Emi-chan decided she wanted to be carried to the car. Great. I'm hauling a 30-lb toddler in my arms, and she's kicking me with her pooey shoe.
After we got home, I cleaned her up, cleaned myself up, and then had to clean her shoe and wash my clothes. After Emi-chan got up from her nap, I thought it might be fun to do a craft. I gave her some stickers and her favorite can and showed her how to put the stickers on the can. The stickers ended up on her. A quiet ending to our date.
Since we hadn't had lunch, we went to Burger King (I know, I'm a horrible mom - feeding my precious child junk). I got her a BK meal with mac-n-cheese, french fries, and apple juice. I had a Jr. Whopper, fries, and iced tea. I wolfed down my whole meal and wished I had more. Emi-chan daintily ate her fries one by one, and spilled most of her apple juice on herself.
Then, I took her to a new park. I think she was a little spooked. There were a bunch of men playing soccer, which was fine, but also there were a couple of shady looking men watching the soccer players...then us. Eeew.
Once at the playground, Emi-chan and I loosened up a little bit and had fun climbing on the play structures and digging in the sand. I was chasing Emi-chan around when she stepped in some dog doo. I saw it a tenth of a second before her foot went in. Yuck! (No photo. Didn't think you wanted to see that). I picked her up and put her in a swing to try to clean some of the poo off her shoe. Couldn't get most off, so decided that was the end of the visit to the park. Emi-chan decided she wanted to be carried to the car. Great. I'm hauling a 30-lb toddler in my arms, and she's kicking me with her pooey shoe.
After we got home, I cleaned her up, cleaned myself up, and then had to clean her shoe and wash my clothes. After Emi-chan got up from her nap, I thought it might be fun to do a craft. I gave her some stickers and her favorite can and showed her how to put the stickers on the can. The stickers ended up on her. A quiet ending to our date.
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