A great day for ... The Portland Children's Museum ... and an added bonus ... CURIOUS GEORGE!
There was an entire exhibit dedicated to our favorite monkey... and our own monkey's were in ... well, I guess you could say Monkey Heaven!
Yesterday, we took the munchkins to the Portland Children's Museum... and yes, it was probably the NICEST day (weather-wise) we've had all year. But, we had promised Jack that he could decide on a fun place to go, since he has been doing SO GREAT on the potty... and once Curious George's name was mentioned... there was really no other place he was even willing to discuss. The Children's Museum has had a Curious George exhibit for a couple of months now, and it is ending at the end of May. So, we knew we wanted to take Jack... as he might be one of George's BIGGEST fans... but, today we thought would be fun to spend outside in the gorgeous sunshine...
HOWEVER... this was what we HAD thought, prior to going. We had the most FABULOUS time! It was a bit hectic finding parking, due to the Oregon Zoo sharing a parking lot with the Children's Museum, and the Zoo (as I'm sure you can only imagine) was PACKED! Thankfully, I (with Jack and Maggie in tow) found a great parking spot right away... (thank you to my Grandma for passing along her amazing parking karma! :p)...
Brian, however, didn't have such great luck. He met us there, as he had to work all weekend in a seminar-type thing... and today it ended in the early afternoon, so we decided rather than him coming all the way home first, we would just meet him there. He spent over an hour looking for a parking space, before finally heading to the "over flow parking" and taking the shuttle... he missed a bit of fun, but we were all happy to finally see him! And, I know he was happy to finally be there! :)
Both Jack and Maggie (as well, as Brian and I) had the BEST time! They were both so incredibly happy and enthralled with each and every exhibit. I would say that the Curious George exhibit was the favorite of all of ours... but, all of the exhibits were really fabulous too.
No need for me to go into every detail of our day... as the pictures do a great job of that... Enjoy! We sure did!!!
Jack was so excited... and all ready to go...
insisting on bringing a few "Georgie's" along...
(they did stay in the car once we got to the Museum... as I had an inkling, that I would be the one toting them around all day...)
Maggie's ready... just not showing her excitement quite yet.
Curious George was on top of the museum!
Jack started screaming "it's George, it's George... mama, it's really George" in the car as soon as he saw him. So cute and sweet. He was having the BEST time before we even got into the parking lot!
Maggie warmed up quickly... as soon as we got to the Museum, Jack and Maggie both wanted to go to the Curious George exhibit first... and as soon as Maggie saw "him"... gave him a BIG hug!!!
Such a sweet girl!
And, had some photos with the cute lil' monkey...
She is screaming for me to get her down in the photo below...
And, is just looking downright annoyed with me in this picture (below).
Let the games begin... having so much fun, already!
Jack loved this "construction zone/elevator" in the CG Exhibit...
Maggie needs a hard hat too!
The picture (above) is one of my all time favorites... captures Maggie's true silliness, sweetness... and is just darn cute!
This was probably one of Jackson's favorite things to do... it was in the CG Exhibit... and he got to load the big bricks on to the "elevator", and then use the steering wheel to make them go up and around, and back down!
Maggie's all done working! :)
... and on to the next exhibit...
More Building, More Fun!
Maggie LOVED this area for ages 3 and under....
She had so much fun playing with everything that was just her size!
Jack wasn't as thrilled
Yes, he's standing at the door, begging to get out!
This was probably one of Maggie's favorite places...
The "Grocery Store".
She LOVED pushing the cart... and ramming into anything and everything! :)
Jack decided to come in and join us as the "cashier"
I was surprised that neither Jack or Maggie, really showed much interest in checking out the "Vet Clinic"
Maggie liked the stuffed doggies... but, just for a quick hug, and then it was on to something else...
And, on to the WATER ROOM!!!
They both LOVED this area!
Next, was the "DIG PIT", by far one of Jack's VERY favorites...
He could have stayed in there for hours... really!
Maggie wasn't as into the "dig pit", so she and Daddy headed back over to the "3 and under" play area, and had some fun, while Jack and I played in the "dig pit".
Then, it was (sadly) time to head home. We did stop on our way to the car, to check out the really cool BIG train! Jack was in heaven... as I'm sure you can all imagine!
Uh Oh, it's time to go home... someone is making a run for it... and FAST!
Meltdown!
He was such a GREAT boy all day... but, he was also so tired by the end of the day...
And, after having a mini-meltdown, he told me he was so sad to have to go home, but he was looking forward to coming back to the Museum again! :)
What a great day we had... We will most definitely be visiting again soon!
xoxo
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