Science Wednesday

Today we had a special field trip Science day. We began our adventure with Annie Orchard and her two children Jay and Mia and drove to the Idaho Discovery Center.

We attended the "Young Discoverers" class and learned about the art of puppet making. You can see Max sitting next to "his special friend" Mia.

Then we made some puppets of our own.

Meet Mr. Owl. Maxed talked through Mr. Owl for a good part of the morning. Kids just love puppets...so this was a good start for our little guys!
Then we took a walk through Julia Davis Park (BEAUTIFUL), and spent a couple of hours at the Boise Zoo.

No, Justin didn't drive us there...but he sure can't wait for that experience!

Noah LOVES Annie!

Panda Bear
Lizzard that looks like a snake. Max was the only one brave enough to touch it.

I've really wanted a "Sit-N-Stand" stroller (A double that holds a baby, and a place for a toddler to sit). I discovered a way to transform my single stroller into a double...and didn't spend a dime! (Do you love me Geoff?) Max loved the ride!...

...and so did Noah. He was an angel the entire day!

Bald Eagles were amazing!
The Major attraction... a double headed turtle.

Then we headed BACK to the Discovery Center for SO MUCH Fun!

This was DISCOVERY NEWS STATION. The camera was set to negate anything in green. You can see in the green room was was actually happening on the screen. LOADs of fun!

Table games.

Homograph

Block arch build.

Grocery Shopping.

This was Max's favorite place-- A Grocery Store for kids. We shopped here for a good hour! Max was very thorough. He bought most of the fruits and vegetables, chocolate (red meat piece), potatoes (chicken legs), but NO crabs. He even bought mayonnaise for his artichokes. Kids love to imitate grown up activities. It's so funny to see their impressions of our activities.

All the kids LOVED the CHAIR LIFT.

This is my favorite picture.

How did we ever fit a baby in there?

The entire day was absolutely gorgeous. It felt so good to spend so much time outdoors. We spends a lot of time with Orchards...but this was an extra special day together. Can't imagine how we'll get along with out them!!!