A Day with Aunt Rachel

Last week my friend Rachel (Logan's Godmother) had Spring Break and she met up with us at the newly improved Children's Museum in Houston. What a hit it was... as Logan gets a little older, he'll be able to do so much more of it independently! He had a blast... and the place was HUGE! Four floors of learning and fun!

We started in the news room... you could dress up, write scripts and be the anchor, weatherman or report sports; really anything you wanted. Of course, Logan was just interested in seeing himself and Aunt Rachel on the TV. Here he is changing the channels to make her appear on the big screen.

Here he is in the police car... learning how to use the radio!

The diner was a big hit! He didn't dress up as the chef or anything...
just liked pretending to cook and serve.
Here he is sitting at the counter...
I think he may have been putting mustard into his cup?

The vet clinic was very cool. They had cages for all the different "animals" as well as a scale and other "doctor" things. Here he is brushing the cat's teeth.
Taking a puppy dog's vitals...
A look into his future???

The weather wasn't too hot and it was overcast outside, so we headed out to the water area... lots of learning here too, all about water and cause and effect!
Here he is trying to step on the pump to make the water shoot up.
He loved the "river" and taking things up to the top, chasing them as they floated down.
This was a wave machine... lots of work for him, but he liked watching the waves.
Aunt Rachel playing "teacher" showing him how the dam works.
I didn't bring a change of clothes because I didn't know there would be a water part, so here you can see how wet he was by the time he made it to the playground. Thankfully being wet didn't bother him... I actually had to drag him away from the water "shower" area.

Back inside there was an "experiment" area with instructors who helped out. The lady helped him make a "parachute" and then put it in the air machine to go up over and over again!
He could have played with this all day! Something about watching the same thing happen over and over and never getting bored with it... a toddler thing for sure!
Here's a short video so you can get an idea of his excitement!

Here he is in the technology area, most of which was over his head. He like pretending to play the computer though.

On the top floor, there was a "toddler" area for playing and climbing, reading and some exploring kinds of things. There were A TON of kiddos in this area, many of whom were babies, so Logan was very happy! He "met" a little baby... 2 month old girl, and the mother was so sweet about letting him be sweet to her. He was VERY excited to sing to her and get to hug her and when the mom and I pulled out our cameras, he was quite the ham.
Singing to her... lots of songs!
Being a sweet boy!
If this is how he is with a stranger,
I can only imagine what a sweety he'll be with his own little brother!

Well, the children's museum was a great experience... and a wonderul time with Aunt Rachel! He loves her so much and really enjoyed spending time with her. He is a pretty busy boy and she does an awesome job of keeping up with him.

We also went to her new house on Saturday for their house warming party and he was thrilled that she played with him nearly the whole time we were there! Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures, but he did a good job keeping her busy! At one point, I believe her words were, "Man, he never slows down, huh?" And my response... NOPE! That sums that up! :-)