Two Cheerios and A Banana

So, this morning, Jenna came careening into the kitchen asking for a banana. I gave her one, thinking it odd that she didn't ask me to peel it for her - normally she wants it peeled and devoid of all the little strings before she eats it. A few minutes later, she came running back, this time with no banana, telling me something about "Look! It's happy!" She had decided that our exercise ball was just too glum, so she fixed the problem with two cheerios and a banana.

Pictures!

Gosh, I have cute kids! Across the street from the Health Museum in downtown Houston, there is a little garden with a really cute gazebo. We decided to get some pictures of the girls and someone happened to come along and we got a couple shots of the whole family. Here are a few that we took.

We never quite caught the smile!

The Fam!

The Girls!

Jenna loved getting her picture taken!

Children's Museum

Ok, so here are some of the pictures from the Children's Museum that we went to. It was super crowded that day so we really didn't get any pictures of the exhibits - there were too many heads in the way! So, I posted some of the activities Jenna got to participate in. There's one of the star decorations she colored, then some of the boat races in the Flow Works section of the museum, some cute and fluffy chicks and some playmates that she found in the Tot Spot.

Health Museum

Last week, Luke took the afternoon off and we headed to the museum district in downtown Houston. On Thursdays, both the Health Museum and the Children's Museum have some business hours that are free to the public. The Health Museum had a fun exhibit that made your body larger than life - literally. You start out by being "eaten" and you go into the mouth to learn about the teeth and such and then you go through the esophagus, stomach, etc. The whole exhibit was reminiscent of a Magic School Bus field trip. It was fun to see Jenna learning so much. There were a few other fun things that included predicting your life span, one that showed you where your particular organs were inside you - some sort of x-ray/ultrasound - and another predicter of your full adult height. I'll post more pictures of the children's museum later, but I'm on a time schedule - Miriam is waking up from a nap.......

Your brain.

Luke pumping blood - one side is normal, the other side has a clot.

A look inside your lungs

Up close and personal with your mouth.

This display showed all the nerves and blood vessels in your teeth. Both Jenna and Miriam were mesmerized by the flickering lights of the "nerves".

Armand Bayou Nature Center

I'm a little behind on posts, so over the next couple of days, I hope to get you all updated. A couple of weeks ago, we went to the Armand Bayou Nature Center. It is a little nature reserve a couple of miles from our apartment. It was super hot that day, but fun anyway. We got to see some real swampy areas that Jenna wanted to walk on because it didn't look like it could really be water, there was so much green moss and stuff on top of it. Luke spotted a turtle or two in the swamp, but Jenna never found it due to all the moss. There was also a reptile house complete with baby alligators and lots of snakes.

Baby Alligators

Jenna thought this was pretty clever!

This little guy was hard to keep track of for a picture!