Peterson's Visit - Exploration Place

On Friday, we met Jill's parents at Exploration Place and let the kids run. There are so many great hands-on activities and the kids all loved it!

Andrew wasn't too sure about the spinning tube.

the water trough

Jonathan loved playing with the train table, all by himself.

Andrew taking his turn on the wooden horse slide ride.

Sydney would've ridden this horse all day if we had had the energy to push her back to the start!

Who's behind the blue curtain?

Brenna and Jill

and Jonathan

Up in the castle galley, Brenna, Jonathan and Andrew fixed a feast.

This picture does not show the true disturbingness (I know it's not a real word, but it works for me.) of what was actually happening. This was an airplane simulator where you could be the pilot and practice taking off and landing. Andrew had a version of landing that I NEVER want to experience. His goal, which he accomplished at least 6 times, was to crash the plane, nose first, into the ground. Followed by evil laughter and screeching that he wanted to do that again! All the while, Jonathan watched in rapt attention, taking notes.

*Mental note, never let them become pilots.

This was Andrew's favorite exhibit of the day. It was a water maze. You created the maze by moving the blue and yellow pieces, which affected the current of the water and the path the red ball would take as it floated on the current. Very fun! We had to drag him away with the promise that we would go back someday soon.

Jill reading stories to all the little Unicorns before bed.
None of the kids chose to nap this day and were exhausted and a little cranky, so Jill created Unicorn school before dinner, which was genius! They all participated and we even got them to eat dinner by telling them it was Unicorn food. And then they ended Unicorn school with a couple of bedtime stories. All the little Unicorns were in bed by 7:20 pm - a new record!