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Overly high expectations or no, today was one of those rare exceptions to that feeling, a day where I can go to sleep and feel like I did a somewhat adequate job at being a parent. We spent most of our day at the science museum with a couple of other moms who have kids the same ages, which is great. Two sets of three kids at the same ages. We rolled from activity to activity, building bridges, chipping out dino bones and playing with various experiments. We had a fun time in a giant discovery room just for little guys, where they can play with all sorts of age-appropriate gadgets. Then we had lunch, which thankfully fell short of complete mayhem, a pleasant change. Finally, we wandered into a seasonal exhibit area where there was a large space and just a simple craft area set up. That was awesome. The kids got to cut and paste and color, and then when they got bored with that, they got to run around like crazy. When they got tired of that, they came back and did more crafts. There was also a crazy-cool spin the wheel, mix the beads display on probability, which I can’t say enough good things about. I mean, if a display/activity can make probability relevant in any way, shape or form to a five year old, you know it’s good. I should have taken a picture of it.
Rebekah zonked out five nanoseconds after getting in the car. The nap left her all kinds of stirred up this evening and she had tons of trouble falling asleep. (Reed, on the other hand, had fun watching an episode of his new favorite show–How It’s Made on the Science Channel–before crashing into bed.) Poor thing was just too tired and too wired to fall asleep easily. I lay down next to her and she put her little hand on my wrist, I guess just to be sure I wouldn’t go anywhere. She gave me a little squeeze and with that fell asleep.
Oh, and, ah, apparently when I’m left alone with craft supplies, odd things happen. Verrrry Wild Kingdom. And, yes, I’m aware moose and tigers generally live on different continents, thank you very much.
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