Sunday, October 4, 2009
Cowboys
Charleston trip
So while we were in Charleston I had to go to the library to complete a history assignment on a Carnegie library, as well as look for a children's book for a Human Growth and Development assignment. The library is newly remodeled and it is amazing! It was huge and beautiful, the older original part is so nice with exposed wood and firplaces and the new children's part of the library is so much fun, Topher cried when I told him that it was time to go. They have a large play area with a train table, puzzles, blocks, planes, board games,etc. We also went to the Lincoln Log Cabin which is about 7 miles from Charleston. They have a visitors center that has a small museum with "Lincoln" talking about his life when you push a button, which talks about life here at that time. They have a farm with people dressed in period clothes who can answer questions and it has animals and a garden. (pictures to come) If you can believe it I forgot to bring the digital camera during this trip, and of course we were gone from the 19-27th, so we had to buy a disposable camera and we haven't had the pictures developed yet.
The Orpheum Children's Science Museum
Topher and Matthew loved the train table of course!
Topher's favorite thing there was this sand table, which was nice since it was raining outside.
Matthew and I looking at the fish.
They had a special area for kids age 0-2, which was perfect for Matt, it had a ball pit, his favorite.9/22/09 Champaign, Illinois
Since we hadn't done an official vacation this year, we thought we would see what we could do around Charleston, Illinois. We found this was perfect because it was cheap, $3 and $2 and it was inside, which was helpful because of all the rain that week. We also visited my college (Parkland College) while we were there. That place is huge! It seemed bigger than SUU, the University that Mike I attended.
Grandpa's boy
Topher loves watching TV and eating popcorn with Grandpa!
One evening after Topher and Grandpa ate dinner Topher told Grandpa that he wanted him to go downstairs and watch TV with him. He did this without suggestion or prodding from anyone. So Grandpa and Topher watched TV downstairs, it was adorable!more of matt's party
this was the end result of the cupcake eating, he went straight into the tub.
The frosting was so red!
Topher liked the presents that he and Matthew got.
Topher chose to eat a green cupcake- it made for an interesting bathroom experience! Matthew's birthday party
It looks like he ate lipstick
Can you tell he likes sweets?
Matt "blew out" the candle...with Topher's help.
Matthew got a cupcake cake that was a little people barn, since everyone was here for grandma's birthday we thought we should celbrate Matt's birthday 6 days early. He was a such a huge red mess that his Aunt Rachel said that it looked like he ate elmo!
He loves getting his picture taken! He can say cheese now, whenever he sees a camera. While we were waiting for grandma to enter the room at her party that afternoon Matthew saw all the camera and kept smiling and saying cheese, what a ham!
grandma's 50th!
The boys and me, with Aunt Michelle, Allison, Tricia, and Uncle Todd.
Aunt Rachel and Topher.
Topher and the birthday girl! :)Mike had his 10 year high school reunion, the same day as grandma's surprise party. So many people had to keep a secret and no one spilled! She was so surprised! All of her kids were there, and her siblings flew out and surprised her too! (Although Rachel did have to fly out too, with her best friend Elizabeth!) She thought we had lied about Mike having a reunion that weekend too! Since we had family out we went to the reunion for about 15 minutes before we went to the country club where grandma's party was held. We had so much fun, we stayed up until 3 am that night! And the boys loved the presents that they got!
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