Out and About

Last Thursday evening we headed to Brendan's Arts and Academics night at school. He and all the other kindergartners sang some songs to start the night off. The songs were cute and they were all so proud! It was very crowded...so crowded that when we went to the classroom to pick him up (along with all the other kindergarten parents), we met another huge group in the hall going the other way to get ready to perform. Needless to say, I had Aidens' hand and I literally let go for a second to grab Brendan and then Aiden was gone! Talk about some panic... it was beyond horrible. We split up to try to find him and thankfully Wellyn found him tearing up and being held by someone in the hall. Brendan and I had raced down the hall to see if he had just been 'swept' away with the people headed toward the gym and to alert school personnel to help us look. It was a huge relief to see his little face again!

After that drama, we were able to enjoy the rest of the evening and check out Brendans' project. He chose photography and we had turned him loose with the old digital camera. These first two are the ones he submitted for the display:



Now, these didn't make the cut for school, but they were blog-worthy...notice how focused he was to get this shot of Diego licking himself:


One of his brother, a little out of focus, but still funny:


And my favorites, the ones he took of himself....



On Sunday we took the kids to the Children's Museum downtown St. Paul. It was the first time we've been there in years and the boys had a grand time. The traveling Clifford exhibit is there so it was our first stop of the day. Brendan loved Clifford before he became too big and cool for it and Aiden still likes it... although I'm sure poor Cliffords days are numbered...




Here we are at the Earth World display.


And there was a huge tunnel system set up like being in an anthill - and this huge ant was there to 'greet' you when you entered...seriously, it was enough to give a grown-up nightmares! There should at least have been a warning that you were about to encounter a monster ant around the corner. Obviously, after running through the tunnels some, Aiden got over his fear of the giant ant!


Brendan touching one of the resident turtles.


In one of the main hallways there was a face painting station set up. The kids could paint their own faces - a very cool activity. Here's Aiden being very serious (and very tired) while decorating his face:



Wait, just a little more to do...


And now a little help from dad:


That's our boys! Brendan opted for Batman and Packer logos on his arms, courtesy of me ;)