Fun Mama and Kiddo Weekend

This past weekend, Tim was out of town for a hockey tournament. Cameron, Leah and I had a really fun weekend together. We started out Saturday at Cameron's last soccer game. Poppa came with us to watch and hang out with Leah. It was a fun game, Parents Vs Kids. Can you guess who won? We all had fun though. After the game, the kids all got medals for trying hard, having fun and following the rules. Cam was pretty excited about getting it. Cameron getting his medal from his coach Cam's "excited" face, showing off his soccer medal Right after soccer we headed out to drive to Ithaca. We went to the Sciencenter, where we were meeting a bunch of cousins. It was an awesome place, so cool! We definitely recommend it to anyone with kids. Both Cam and Leah loved it. There was lots to do for kids of all ages, most of it 100% hands on. So much fun!! Leah was happy (even when she was strapped in her stroller) because there was so much to look at. Poppa and Cameron working on making stable buildings. You use the blocks to make your building, then turn on the shaker table (the dark brown square), which simulates an earthquake. It was interesting to see how quickly the buildings fell over depending on how you stacked the blocks. In this display, you put balls into a hole (Cam is doing it in the picture) and they went flying around through a bunch of tubes over to the other side of the room, where someone else could get them and send them back over to you. Both Cam and Leah really liked it. This was probably the favorite - a water table! Cam put on the smock to cover his clothes and went to town. I think he could have stayed for hours playing in the water. The water table was low enough that Leah could play too! She LOVED it!!! Cameron and Poppa working hard to fill up the tippy bucket, to send a wave down the water table. Trying to get a picture of Cam and Leah together - this is the best I got. They were both too busy playing to actually look at me. Cam and Joe give some duckies a bath Leah looking fabulous in her full length smock and obviously enjoying herself! Here is a video of the kids playing in the water table.

After a long time at the water table, we convinced Cameron to go check out other stuff. One of the things he found (and loved) was six other Camerons!

There were lots of Leahs too. She didn't know what to think about her twins. She liked this twin a bit more, and decided to show off some acrobatics. They had a touch table where kids could hold some underwater animals. Here is Cameron holding one of them... ... a starfish! It was actually called a Chocolate Chip Sea Star. Pretty cool! Cameron and Leah riding on a triceratops - very cool! After spending a few hours at the Sciencenter, we headed up to a hotel in Auburn where everyone was staying over night. There was an indoor pool at the hotel so we went swimming and had a lot of fun. We went to dinner with everyone and then headed home. It was a great, really fun day!