The Children's Museum

This last Friday was one of Scott's days off, so we decided to go to the Children's Museum in Houston. It has been recently remodeled, and we were all very impressed--especially Peter. The kid thought he was in heaven. There were plenty of buttons to push, levers to pull, knobs to turn, etc. What was even better was that Mommy and Daddy did not get mad, and they even encouraged him! He tired himself out so much that when we headed home at 2:30 pm, he could not finish chewing his PB & J sandwich without falling asleep (he had not eaten since 9 am!). To get him to finish chewing and swallow, I had to feed him a cookie which instantly brought him back to life. When we got home, he even tried to refuse taking a nap by playing in his crib for at least 30 minutes before falling asleep. Where does his energy supply come from?

Oh, by the way, he even started pulling plug covers off the outlets at the museum. Honestly, we travel 25 miles, pay $7 per person and parking, and one of the main attractions is still no different than at home--THE OUTLETS! We have tried every kind of outlet cover and all types of punishments for this, but the kid still has an amazing skill and an incurable curiosity for plugging things into outlets. Ahhhhhh! It is a good thing he has such beautiful blue eyes and a contagious smile that melt my heart.

One of Peter's favorite activities--pushing buttons
(or "bu bu(s)" as he calls them).

This is why my house is always such a disaster.
Here is our little destroyer at work:

Our encouragement during this video is probably not going to help the disaster situation at home.
Oh well, it was sure fun to watch.

I love this picture! If you cannot tell, it is a mock police car for the "Kidtropolis Police Department." I guess Peter was arrested for plug cover thievery. They also have a mock grocery store, veterinary, art studio, restaurant, bank, ATM machine, etc.

This next play area is called "The Tot Spot." While we were there, most of the kids could sit for a couple of minutes and play with one thing. Peter just ran from one thing to the next. I am beginning to think that he has been blessed with way too much energy or he has ADHD--probably both. I felt a little better after I saw one other kid that was just a little bit worse than Peter. I still would not trade my cute little energetic boy for a calmer one though. My exercise plan is always in place thanks to him.