Science World!
We decided to tempt the fates of baby labour and head out to Calgary and Science World this weekend. Oh, and PICK UP GRANDMA!!!!!
After picking Grandma up on Friday, staying the night at Clinton’s wonderful Aunt and Uncle’s home, getting great deals on a crib mattress and bouncer and blocks at a Saturday morning garage sale, and enjoying a yummy pancake breakfast at the nearby LDS chapel, we went to the Calgary Science World (oh man I love that guy! Yes, I am waddling at a slightly slower speed behind my crew):
They had a body works exhibit taking up most of the centre. As this was recommended for older kids, and as we had come to play with our kids, we just went to the Creative Kids part of the Centre. We stayed for about 3 hours and had a wonderful time!
There were amazing lego exhibits everywhere:
This is Giant’s racing face:
Blocks everywhere! Ettin was in heaven:
There were things to colour and paint, things to hit, things to make music with, things to pretend with, things to climb, and things to explore.
Here is Ettin making music with his feet:
They also had art workshops hosted throughout the day. We skipped the cowboy hat making one (mom wasn’t up for paper mache hats to try and take home), but Daddy took Giant to the workshop for making Zip-Line Gliders:
They took them to the tallest point in the Kids gallery:
(I love it when my hubby takes pictures 😉  )
And let them go! (the glider is now behind me. I’m still watching for it on the line. Just a little slow on the uptake)
Ettin played in a bubble.
What you can’t see is him repeatedly smushing his face into the bubble walls while saying, “haa, mom-me.” I was amused. I think others around me were disturbed.
They also had an astronaut cut out for kids to stick their heads through and take cute pictures:
Some mothers might look at this picture and think, “*Sniff* so many possibilities. My child could be anything he wants to be!”
I’m afraid I look at it and think, “Noooooo!!!! I can’t rescue him from there!!!!”
Children are not allowed to grow up, are they?
Oh, and sweetest of all, Daddy took Giant to see the “Artist at Work.” A lady was making beautiful jewelery where kids could come see what she was doing and ask questions. Giant and Daddy also got to make a stamped a copper disc pendant for a necklace (it has “MOM” with some metal stamp shapes hammered on it). It is my new favourite piece of jewelery.
All in all, a wonderful trip.
And no, no baby yet.