Vacation Photos: Family Day Out

On our 3rd day of vacation, the 3 of us spent a day out as a family.  Only Nana and Papa were at the beach house that day and were headed out as well so we decided to check out the Cape Cod Children's Museum.  Maybe I was expecting more because we're spoiled with all the kid's museums around but I was rather unimpressed with this one.  And I was very disturbed by the number of parents who were on their cell phones rather than watching or playing with their children.  It made it hard for Mr. No to enjoy himself when unsupervised 4 and 5 year olds were pushing him, ripping things out of his hands and bossing him around.  H actually lectured a little boy who pushed Mr. No away from one of the toys and Mr. No was ready to leave in under an hour.  Usually we have to drag him out after 2 to 3 hours. I'm just happy we got in for free!  At least Nana gave Mr. No a little spending money so he left happy with a handful of little toys.

After that failed attempt at something fun for Mr. No, we went back to the house for a little lunch and some outside play time.  Mr. No, of course, had to bring a crazy amount of guys outside to play with.

After setting up his guys, we played hide and seek and tried to play with the frisbee but he thought it was much more fun to have me throw it and then he's sit on it and giggle because I couldn't pick it up with him on it.

Which then turned into a game of attack Mommy for her camera and Daddy for his hat.  Mr. No does look super cute in Daddy's hat!

Our final family adventure for the day was a trip out for homemade ice cream.  Yum!  Mr. No decided that he wanted oreo ice cream in a cup.  Until he saw my chocolate banana, which H also ordered, then he changed his mind and took over H's ice cream in a cup.  Then he decided that he wanted a cone after all and took over my ice cream just as I got to the cone. It was delicious though!   Lesson learned:  Get Mr. No exactly what I order since he ends up eating mine anyway.

Our day ended with dinner out at a 50's burger and pizza place down the street with Nana and Papa.  Good thing we had our dessert before dinner because the place was packed!  Mr. No only ate half of his grilled cheese, but with all the ice cream he stole, who could blame him?

Providence Children's Museum

Originally we intended to go to the beach today since temperatures were in the 90s but someone didn't have enough sunscreen on during her walk on the beach yesterday and got a little sunburn. Add to that the fact that H didn't get up until 11 am and it just wasn't a good idea today.  So we asked Mr. No what he wanted to do today and he decided he wanted to play at a kid's museum even though he just went to one yesterday.  Since we have that great museum pass thanks to my mom, we decided to take him to the Providence Children's Museum. Both Mr. No and I fell asleep on the ride down which meant a cheerful  Mr. No and a groggy Mama...and a not so thrilled H who had to drive with everyone else blissfully asleep. Mr. No was ready to go as soon as we got in the door and headed straight for the water tables.

Only a little excited by the water tables...

H loves to play as much as Mr. No!

Usually he's not too excited by the giant lite brite even though I love it, but this time he was all about it.  He wanted to put all the pegs in and make a city but for some reason only wanted me to help him and didn't want H to even touch the pegs.  Just a Mr. No thing, I guess.

concentrating

Our "city"

He played in every room of the children's museum.  We did have a little issue in the room with the ship.  Mr. No has taken to having little panic fits over things he's not even afraid of and has done a million times before.  So for about 10 minutes we looked like the horrible mean parents because we refused to take him off the ship and made him climb down the ladder on him own.  I hate to seem mean but we used to give in and take him off of ships/slides/jungle gyms, etc. and all it did was make it worse. So if I seem like the horrible mom for a few minutes to complete strangers, I can deal with that. He pitched a fit, eventually did it and then went on playing as if nothing happened. Later, when we were in the construction area, he tried to pull the same thing and then just turned around with my help and climbed down without an issue. Now he knows he can climb down the ladder.

ghost ship?

I caught something!

posing in the bunk beds

Of course he favorite part was the store and little cooking area.  Since it was filled with kids and parents, I only took one photo of him playing there. He spent half the time sorting food with another family who was also teaching him the spanish names for them.  He loves people!

avocado anyone?

He had the most fun in Little Woods playing hide and seek with the museum worker and 3 little girls.  He absolutely loved the girl who was working there and was sad when she had to switch to another room.  It was a good thing she did switch or we never would have gotten him out of that area to use the potty.  We saved the outside for last hoping it would be a little cooler then.  Certainly didn't feel any cooler but at least half of it is covered little caves.  Mr. No climbed in the caves, after being assured that there weren't any snakes in there, and just had to gathered up all the wooden pieces in bowls. 

One last photo with the bunny

He hopped on the bunny for one last photo, then it was pb&j, snacks and lots of water and juice in the car on the way home.  I think this was the first time he really played with everything.  He always has fun when we go but this time he was really into everything.  Fun day for everyone!