Daddy's Birthday

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

We didn't get to celebrate Daddy's birthday as well as we would've liked to this year. Unfortunately, both Punky and Buddy caught a nasty virus. There have been fevers, aches, runny noses, coughs, diarrhea and vomiting at our house the last few days. Today we had TWO kids napping pretty much the entire day. In between naps, there have been lots of movies and snuggling on the couch. Hopefully everyone will feel better in time for the Easter Bunny's visit in a few days...

Until then, the birthday cake sits on the counter waiting for Punky and Buddy to feel up to singing the Happy Birthday song to their Daddy.

Museum

I didn't feel like staying at home yesterday, so I convinced Derek to go to the Children's Museum with the kids in the afternoon.  It was crazy busy downtown because of some hockey games, so our drive took us an extra 30 minutes probably.  Not fun.  Every thirty seconds I heard from the back seat, "How many more minutes?"

Our first stop was Cosetta's.  Yum!





We got to the museum in the early afternoon and it was pretty busy.  It started to clear out after awhile though, and it was much more fun.

Our first stop was the Nature area and I started to wonder if we would ever convince Buddy to leave.







Next we headed to the Dora and Diego exhibit.  Dora is one of the kid's favorite shows.  Punky even practiced some of her Spanish (that she learned from the show, not me!) while we were waiting around.  Buddy quickly found the Animal Rescue Center and was determined to "help" the crocodile.  The Animal Rescue Center was really cute.  There were a bunch of stuffed animals and doctor toys.  There was an Xray scanner that told the kids what was wrong with the animals.  Buddy followed a little girl around for 5 minutes holding on to the crocodile's tail while the girl played with it.  Finally the girl's mother said they had to go and Buddy snatched up the crocodile.  He played with him for another 10 minutes and was determined not to let him go.

Staking his claim after I told him it was time to go.

We headed to the Town area next, which was our favorite section last year.  This year, though, it was just too crowded.  The grocery store had about 20 kids inside and it was chaos.  Punky had fun in the restaurant and dress up areas though.  She dressed as a post man and mailed quite a few letters.  Buddy loved the room where you can dance in a music video.  Of course, he had to have a guitar to play.  No photos because it was too busy.

The water area was another big hit with Buddy.  Punky was frustrated at this point because she didn't want to get wet, so we went to another nearby section while Derek stayed with Buddy.  Fifteen minutes later, they came out with Buddy's sleeves soaking with water.



On the way out, Punky spotted a face painting stand and begged to paint her own face.  We let her go for it.  I have no idea what she was trying to create, if anything at all!



It was a fun day and an excellent way to spend an afternoon together as a family.  

Funnies

Punky and Buddy have been saying lots of funny things lately.  I thought I'd share them here, so that I have a way of always remembering them!

#1
Buddy (One minute after leaving the bank):  My lollipop is all gone...  I chomped it like a CROCODILE!

#2
Buddy (When asked "When is your birthday?"):  Seventeen minutes
(I really think he was just trying to spit out September).

#3
Buddy (while playing with a particularly muscular robot):  Dis guys got boobs!

#4
Me:  It's Grandpa's birthday today.  Let's call him on the phone and ask him what kind of cake we should make for him this weekend.  Chocolate?  Vanilla?  Carrot?
Punky:  I bet Grandpa wants Toe Cake!
(My dad likes to tease the kids and pretends to "eat" their toes.)

Two posts in a row with no photos...  I won't make a habit out of this.  

Oops!

Soooo....  I totally jinxed it.  On Friday, we went to the indoor playground and I pretended to not be worried about the germs.  I came home from work on Saturday and Derek told me that Punky had been laying on the couch all afternoon.  She had a bit of a temp, so we gave her some medicine and sent her to bed early.  She seemed fine Sunday but her temp was slowly climbing throughout the day, finally reaching 104.  I stayed home with her on Monday and took her to the doctor.  I was worried about strep throat since we all had it in November and no one had any symptoms.  The quick test came back negative, but a nurse called this morning to tell me that her throat culture was positive for strep throat.  Good thing we started the meds yesterday.  Now I'll cross my fingers that Buddy doesn't get sick since I am pretty sure they were sharing cups/straws/whoknowswhatelse all weekend long.    

Indoor Fun!

We braved the germs today and headed to the indoor playground at our local Community Center.  We hadn't been in over a year.  I am always a little hesitant of going because of the logistics of keeping track of two kids in a three-story high playground.  I am not about to climb through the obstacle course to rescue a scared kid or search for a lost hearing aid (yep, it's happened).  But, today I was in the mood, so I went for it.  And both kids did great, had a lot of fun, and were so worn out by the end of the day they were asking to go to sleep.  It was a success in my mind.  Hopefully the germs don't make me regret my decision!