museum of fine arts

This morning we went to "playdate" day at the MFA. They have it once a month for children four and under. It worked out perfectly since I love art and the kids don't care for the museum... but this way there were lots of fun activities for them to do!







Usually I bring a picnic lunch but today we had a special treat and went out for Mexican food. Jane picked the seats by the window so we could watch the trains and buses go by.





Back to the museum after lunch!

visitor

Our neighbor's peacock decided to pay us a visit yesterday.

aquarium... again!

We had so much fun at the aquarium last time that we wanted to go right back. We went with our friends Leigh and Hannah who had also just gone recently. We were very brave and drove to a T station and took the subway there during rush hour. It went surprisingly well. I'm very excited to start doing this more often since parking is only $7 as opposed to a LOT more in the city. Plus it makes it more of a fun adventure!

Here's Malcolm and Hannah at the new touch tank:





"Nemo!"



I think they like the benches with sculptures more than the actual fish!

baby shower

The kids got to attend their aunt's baby shower at the tail end last weekend. Jane enjoyed doing puffy paint with Lily, and Malcolm enjoyed all the snacks.

science museum... again!

We went back to the science museum last week since it was so rainy out.

Jane and Malcolm in their cubicles



This is a room with videos of moving vehicles being projected on the walls. The kids feel like they're driving in here!



Exploring some fascinating rocks outside (it had stopped raining for an hour or so!)



Lava! They are obsessed with volcanoes right now.

art class

Here are the first couple things Jane has made in art class.

This is a color wheel placemat:



This painting was inspired by a picture in a book about birds (notice all the light brown worms!):

Garden in the Woods

We had a wonderful time at Garden in the Woods with the grandparents last weekend. Jane checked off items on a scavenger hunt sheet. I realized they have educational programs for kids that are very affordable, so we'll definitely go back there this summer.









After we went home, we had some cake to celebrate Grammy's birthday!

breakfast up high

It's hard to tell, but Malcolm is sitting at the counter to eat his breakfast. He can finally climb up on the stools!

game time

We can (sort of) all play chutes and ladders together now. I have to do a lot of it for Malcolm, but at least now he doesn't mess up all the pieces anymore!

sleepy boy

Malcolm had a fever over the weekend and was so tired he fell asleep on the couch. I felt badly that he was sick, but it was nice to snuggle for a while.

EcoTarium

At the EcoTarium, Jane got to pet a corn snake.





"Fishing" in the pond... we actually dropped some bits that had fallen from the trees into the water and fish were eating it!





We visited the otters!



Checking things out:

farmland

Jane and Malcolm had some fun animal encounters last week!

One of these lambs was named Kate, and her brother William. They were born on the day of the big wedding.



Malcolm brushed their mother.



The kids also collected eggs and pet rabbits and a chicken.

New England Aquarium

We visited the aquarium with Nana, Grandpa and cousins Samara and Rayna.







Grandpa got this shot!

outside

We had fun playing outside with our friend Jacob!



"on stage"

"manlish"

Pieces of hair fell all over Malcolm when I was giving him a haircut and Jane said he looked "manlish."

kite day

A few weeks ago we had a great day for flying our kite.

our magnolia

I always love to take photos of the kids near our magnolia.