Sesame Place and Please Touch Museum

The last weekend in July was such a blast! Mal and I traveled with Gummy, Pop Pop, Uncle Ryra, Aunt Tata, Coop and Ky to Philadelphia and went to Sesame Place and the Please Touch Museum. It was quite sometime since I had been so Sesame Place, but I do have wonderful memories of being there when I was young so I was super excited to take Mal (especially since she is really into Sesame Street right now).


We spent the morning letting the munchkins run around Big Bird's Court, the Monster Maze and Ernie's Big Bed. It was so funny to watch them run around playing with each other and having so much fun. Then it was off to lunch with the characters. Mal didn't do so well with the characters this time around (Disney she was fine, but then again she was only 9 months and probably didnt know what was going on as much). Count von Count came towards her and it was all over.
Our afternoon was spent in the waterpark of Sesame Place; Mal and Ky are definitely waterbabies. We got inside just in time to see Elmo's World before the big storm. It was so funny to watch Mal get so excited to see Elmo, Dorothy and Mr. Noodle. Of course there was a stop in the gift shop to pick up an "Abby Dabby" stuffed animal before we headed to the hotel for a snooze.

Saturday we went to the Please Touch Museum. I was absolutely blown away by everything they had there. I cannot even list everything the kids played with (building cars, playing doctor, grocery shopping, fairytale section, space, transportion, alice in wonderland), but I think the water section was definitely Mal's favorite and watching Coop be an astronaut was hysterical.


I would defninitely recommend this museum to anyone with little ones. I wish we could have spent another day there to take more time with each section. Perhaps we will make trip back next summer.

Mal's First Trip to the PA State Museum

Oh, the good old PA State Museum. The site of many a school field trips. I probablyhaven't been there since middle school, but they haven't changed too much. They did however add a new area specifically for little ones. And boy did Mal have fun! Here are some pics of her from that day.

So looking forward to our next outing...Sesame Place this weekend!

Fingerpainting

Mal loooooves to draw and color, so what better way to encourage her artistic talents then to fingerpaint. I was prepared! I decided the kitchen would be the safest place since the floor in linoleum, got a stack of old newspapers from Gummy and Pop Pop to cover the floor and control the mess, dressed Mal in an old shirt that was already stained, and got some tiny plates to squeeze limited amounts of the paint onto.

She had the best time! Though after she painted a few pages of paper, she decided that the paint was lotion and decided to run the paint all over her legs and Mommy's arms.

Next idea - to make some homemade play dough, so in case she eats it, it won't hurt her. Ok Gummy, waiting on the recipe from you!

First Movie...Winnie the Pooh

So last Friday I took Mallory on her first trip to the movie theater and we went to see Winnie the Pooh. I knew she would like the movie (I had shown her the trailer on the computer and she just got so excited!). She took her Pooh and Piglet to the theater with us and sat them in the cup holders so they could enjoy the movie with us.


I tried to get a good pic of her sitting in the movie theather, but it was dark and I couldn't get a good shot on my phone.


She was a perfect angel and sat still in my lap the whole time. Though Little Miss Talkative felt the need to say the characters name, quite loudly, each time they appeared on screen.

Looking forward to more movie trips with her! It's always a good excuse when you want to see the kids movies too!!!

R.I.P. "Where is Baby's..."

Miss Mallory looooves to read, but she has been getting a little carried away with her lift the flap books and she has ripped out most of the pages at least once (I have tried to keep up with repairs, but it's just gone too far)...needless to say, these books have "magically disappeared" while she is on vacation with Daddy.

Stone Harbor 2011

We had another wonderful week in Stone Harbor this year, as always. Mallory absolutely loved the ocean, the sand, and the pool! She enjoyed jumping the waves with mommy, building sandcastles with Pop Pop and taking her afternoon naps with Gummy. It looks like she is growing to love Stone Harbor just as much as mommy!

On a side note, my little Acey also enjoyed his week at Dog Camp and got a good report card as well (too funny!).

Daycare

Well, it's official. Miss Mallory will be starting daycare August 1st at the Goddard School just around the corner from home. It's a little sad since she has been taken care of by family since she's been born, but at the same time I am super excited for her to interact on a daily basis with other kids and make some friends and learn a lot of new things. She picks things up so fast that it will be fascinating to see what she will learn. She's gotten lots of new things to take with her, including a Tinkerbell sleeping bag for naptime. I think the only item I still need to track down in a smock for art project time.


Here's hoping she enjoys daycare as much as I think she will; and hopefully it's not a tearful dropoff the first day (for Mal and for mommy!).