There were two areas sectioned off for Duplo building and little Lego building. Sydney set to work in her imagination land with the Duplo people and blocks. Talmage wanted to go in the little Lego area but saw the sign that said "6 and up only" and came back to me in tears. "You have to be six!" So I taught him another important religious principle about how some rules don't apply to you. He got busy building a set of jeeps and a garage.
While the older kids watched a show at the Planetarium, I took Isaac and Clara to the kiddie play area. They spent a solid hour playing in the water. Clara was soaked to the bone by the end. She loved it.
It was a very profitable morning at OMSI and we hope to take advantage of the cousins' membership there for many conferences to come.
OH! And mom came home from Bolivia on Friday. That was another exciting thing about this weekend.
As Sunday morning session of conference was beginning, we were digging into breakfast. Here, Clara literally feasts on the word.
"Gifts from Heaven":
Later in the day we took a stroll to the mailbox to see what we could find. Heather sent Syd some summer skirts she'd made (all lickety-split and fancy as she is won't to do -- zippers and bows and everything). She sewed up this Easter dress, too, as an after thought because, get this ... she was "already making three for Rick's grandkids, so why not make just one more?" Sydney loves the dress and wore it most of the afternoon and even wanted to wear it to bed.
Briton played with the kids all afternoon. They constructed this Rube Goldberg contraption. I'm including all three videos because: a) the contraption that took two hours to build was destroyed by the end of the evening. Honestly, some kids have zero sentimentality!
and, b) in this first one you can see how the ball triggers the button to activate the counterweight, that then sets in the car in motion, which hits the hammer to kick the wheel
c) in this middle one Clara is hilarious
d) this last one you can see the ending path the best
It has been a very enjoyable conference weekend. Look forward to hearing the talks now.
1 comment:
Luv those Legos…maybe not as much Talmage, though. Sydney looks beautiful in the very pretty purple dress. And I’m with Clara…the Rube Machine is fascinating and fun!
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