Please Touch Museum

We visited the Please Touch Museum again this year. We haven't been there since Calvin was around 18 months old!

 He could have stayed at the water table the whole time. 

 But there were instruments to play, 

 and Mad Hatter tea parties to attend, 

 (with a very creepy Mad Hatter)

 and animals to race around a track. 

 Of course there was the grocery store. 

 And this year he tried his hand at assembling a skeleton. 

 A little more work is needed before he is the next Dr. Sherman. 

 He loved this air blower 

 and launching rockets. 

 Another great trip to the Please Touch Museum!

Linvilla Orchard

We had a beautiful sunny, warm day this day so we went to Linvilla Orchards so Calvin could run around outside. 

 You could find him on top of everything. 

Just look for the orange pants. 

 Calvin is getting more and more brave with his climbing. 

 So we decided to let him take on this beast. 

 Up 

 Up

 Up

 Up

 Hello up there!

 Up and down

 And up and down. 

 Nothing like fresh donuts after all that climbing. 

Fun on a beautiful day!

Ridley Creek State Park

Our first full day out East, we took Calvin to the woods to burn some energy and enjoy the great outdoors. 

 Calvin loved the big boulders to climb. 

 And climb.

 And climb. 

 There was a lot of walking, too. 

 Partially because we were walking in an area that our local guides (Grandma Happy and Dierdre) weren't familiar with so  we got a little turned around. 

 Henry didn't mind. 

 We eventually made it back to where we started. 

 There was ice to poke, 

 which is plenty of fun. 

Very fun!

Thanksgiving Road Trip

We drove out to Philly for Thanksgiving this year. Of course, rest stops are needed. 

 Calvin remembered a "nice man" giving him a ball he had won in this machine over a year ago and wanted a new ball. 

 A ball was successfully won. By MOMMY! 

 Calvin volunteered to retrieve the ball. 

 Happily. 

 He was quite excited. 

 Our rest stops the next day had some fun games, too. 

 Only we didn't put money in any of these. 

 We filled our drives with lots of songs, site-seeing, and fun things to play with, including a few gifts from cousin Kate in South Bend. 

We survived the drive out!