Friday, August 16, 2013

Mommy and Eden Date

It really takes so little. It almost hurts my heart how little it takes to refill my sweet girl’s love tank. I am on a mission to make sure that little tank never runs dry again. We have gone through too much to let her slip back into the dark place she was in a year ago. Part of filling up her tank is time alone with Mommy! So we had a GREAT date night last Sunday! We bolted out of church before it was even over and made straight for the McWane Science Center, a children’s hands on learning center downtown. We started at the bottom floor with the fishes…we looked at the stingrays and sharks but didn’t venture to pet them. We gazed, ooh’ed and ahh’ed over the tropical fish tanks and spotted several tiny seahorses. Contentedly we sighed over the jellyfish tank that would turn those translucent wonders into lovely hues of pink, green, blue and yellow. Then we were took the stairs to the play floor.

First stop, indoor playground! The flash was bright in the dark play tunnels.

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Second, puzzles.

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Third, water table!!!

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She is so dadgum cute! Here are some random shots from the first floor…

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Then we meandered to the bubble making area which was somewhat disappointing but the lazer harp saved the day. Lunch beckoned and we gobbled up pizzas, chips and sodas.  Off to the second floor…home of the crazy dinosaur machine that makes a terrifying growl that Eden still talks about, random fossils and woodsy stuff and the peg board! Let’s hear it for the peg boards. This child loves to make an impression of her face and hands…she did it “ump-teen” times!

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Last stop…third floor! By far this was the floor we had the most fun on. She continues to talk about the giant piano that we could walk on but sadly I didn’t get any shots of it. The funny this is that we didn’t really play on it all that much since she was too light to trigger the sensors under the keys unless she jumped. But she loved the light up acrylic peg board the most. We were here for quite some time making different patterns.

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We ended our day with the giant foam building blocks. She helped two tween-agers build a fort and was so excited to be included. These were really cool blocks.

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However, it would not be a real trip with a quick visit to the gift shop. I had to say only one word…rocks. This girl knew exactly what I was talking about.  We headed straight for the polished rocks she picked out 8 purple rocks, one blue for Eric, one green for Yaya and a green for Daddy. The great thing about this amazing day is that she continues to tell me, “Mommy, I had a great time with you the other day.” She has told my Mom about it 3 times and she has mentioned it to Eric and Noah.  It was a huge success! I can’t wait to get our “me and you” time with her again this week! She is such a joy!

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