Children's Museum

This morning we enjoyed a special treat as we met up with friends and received free passes to the Children's Museum. Oliver had a great time and here are some of the activities the museum offers:

A Bubble Room



Train Room



A tool room where you could build projects using recycled materials.



A supermarket-Oliver had a ball putting groceries in his cart and then loading them into a shopping bag.





Next a big room with caves and tunnels.





Painting-another one of Oliver's favorites and he even willingly put on his smock and hung it back up when he was finished.



And a big dance floor in front of a wall mirror with dress up clothes. Oliver wasn't too interested in the clothes but he enjoyed walking around in tap shoes.



Oliver also enjoyed climbing into a fire truck and had a great time with his friends. I'm so grateful to have other mom's to hang out with during the week and playmates for Oliver.

Summer Fun

Summer is now in full swing and just in the past few weeks we've had to start using the AC to keep the apartment cool, but it's not bad with days in the low 90's.

We've been enjoying going to birthday parties and Oliver, who is usually highly skeptical of new foods, loves trying cake and cupcakes and ice cream!!





He's also starting to interact more with other toddlers and enjoying new activities such as blowing bubbles,



playing in a bouncy house,



and chasing animals.





Since I only work part time at the daycare, most of my days are free and Oliver and I have been enjoying nearby parks, especially one that has a train to ride...



and a creek that flows through the park that's perfect for wading and keeping cool in the summer heat.



In other family news, Nathan received a new video camera for Father's Day that's he's been super excited about.



Now he takes video anytime we're out and about!!



And last but not least is news about our upcoming 2nd child!! We had the 20 week ultrasound and everything looked good and IT'S A BOY!!!





Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July!!