Good Friday trip to the Magic House

We had a busy weekend. On Friday we took Logan to the Magic House. It's a St. Louis Children's Museum. I remember going there as a little kid and like all kids that grew up in St. Louis (I think), I remember making my hair stand up by touching the electrostatic generator. Well, now they have added on to the Magic house and it's more than double in size. Also kids are only FREE if they are under 1. Since Logan is 11 1/2 months we thought we'd go ahead and go while he was still free. We mostly only did the activities in the For Baby and Me, Waterworks, and A little bit of Magic sections. Then we walked around and looked at other kids playing. It was SUPER crowded but Logan had fun watching other kids.

Here is Logan in the boat listening to Row, row, row your boat.

He also got to play in a baby sized ball pit.

This is a barn that plays animal sounds. Then you can open the doors and see all of the animals.

He got to drive the bus... just like Grandpa.

This is called Waterworks. The kids wear these red "raincoats" and then splash and play in the water.

They even have little baby seats so the little ones can get close to the water without getting trampled by the big kids.

This was one of Logan's favorite activities.

In the A Little Bit of Magic area, Logan went down a slide with daddy. He's not that into slides yet.

Then he played in the Lego room. He really wanted to knock down other kid's stuff. Luckily, they all left right after we got in there.

This was his other favorite thing... digging in the sand. I think daddy enjoyed it too!

Then we walked around the Magic house. This area is in the children's village.

The kids can fish in the pond, then carry their catch "up stream". The fish "swims" back through a stream under the floor of the village. The village also has a market where the kids can shop or be the checker, a bank, an electric company, a house, a library, a TV studio, a restaurant, and a tree house. I went there with the first graders when I taught at Oakville and they LOVED it. It's very hands on. I can't wait until Logan is old enough for that. The new section of the Magic house has an awesome fairy tale exhibit, a forensic lab, and a climber, and a bunch of other stuff. You could keep busy there all day.

Except for the crazy crowds, it was a fun outing and it was so nice that Greg got to go with us. I can't wait for more fun family time.

Grandparents come to visit

On Sunday, Grandma and Grandpa Higgins and Great-Grandma Higgins came to visit Logan. First we went to church. Here is Logan before church with Daddy.

Then the Grandparents came over for lunch. At first, Logan wasn't too sure about his visitors. He's usually a little slow to warm up at his own house.

But when he saw all the candy they brought him, he remembered how much he loves Grandma and Grandpa.

Oh, and Grandma brought him CUPCAKES!!

He also snuggled with Great Grandma Higgins. It was so sweet because if you know Logan, he is not a cuddler.

The things I didn't know he could do

1. Flush the toilet. After he figured this one out he did it about 25 more times.

2. Stand up and open the cabinets.

3. Unroll the toilet paper.

The Great Outdoors

Logan would love to spend every moment of his life outdoors. He inherited this trait from his daddy. He loves to stand in the doorway and look outside. And he LOVES when his daddy is outside working. Every time Greg passes by the door he squeals and gives this amazed look.

Here he is trying to escape to the Great Outdoors!

Happy Spring!

Today is the first day of Spring!! It is the coldest day this week. This is because we live in Missouri! We've had great weather all week in the 60s-70s. We've enjoyed playing outside.

On Tuesday, we went to Suson Park with Jessica Arnold and her kids. It was really crowded but nice. Logan and Caleb got to swing together.

We also went and checked out the animals at Suson park. Usually Logan is really into the animals. But he was tired from all of his playtime, I think. He crashed as soon as we got in the car.

On Tuesday night, we worked in the garden with Daddy!

On Wednesday, Logan and I went to Mastadon State Park which is right down the road from us. It wasn't crowded at all, so Logan got to swing for about 45 minutes.

On Thursday, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Bradley's and played with Nick. Logan and Nick played on the swingset in the afternoon, went to the creek, and then we all went for a walk in their neighborhood.

We've had a fun week, but I am so behind on laundry, etc. This nice weather is just too tempting!!

My busy boy

Logan is 10 months old! Wow, I can't believe it. He is a busy boy. He's into everything now... eating food of the floor, trying to work the DVD player, unrolling paper towels... He's going to keep me on my toes. Here are a few pictures of other things that are keeping him busy these days.

Reading books.

Playing with Nick.

Pulling up to everything and trying to climb everything.

Eating. Always one of Logan's favorite things to do.

And of course, unrolling mom's paper towels and then eating those too....

Look who's talking...

So, Logan "talks" all the time now. It sounds like some weird foreign language. He gets super excited when Greg and I will take the time to sit and listen to him. He points all around the room and gets louder and louder and louder. Oh yes, the kid can talk. Sometimes random words in English pop out of him mouth and sometimes it just fits into the conversation.

Like last night, I was telling Greg about Logan wanting me to sing Twinkle, twinkle little star. (I taught Logan actions to the song so now he does them and sings -- not to any tune--"ah, ah, ah, ah,ah, UH" Those are the words to all songs in Logan's world by the way. )
So our conversation went like this:
Me: So apparently, This (hand motion for Twinkle, twinkle) followed by Ma-MA. Now means 'I want YOU to sing Twinkle, Twinkle. He did it all through Walmart until I had to sing the song in Walmart and then he was quiet. But he just kept doing it...
Logan: All Day
Greg and I just sat there in shock for a minute. It was SO weird.

He also likes to copy what we say since he can't really talk yet. Greg will say, "AH-AH-AH-CHO" and Logan will say, "AH-AH-AH- and then blow with his lips"

The other word in his vocabulary (the only useable one) is "bye, bye". It's more like, "Ba-Ba". My mom swears he said, "Bye, Bye, Grandma" but those Grandma's have funny ears. They hear what they want to hear :)