Treehouse Museum . 10.27.2012

The weekend before Halloween, with no other pumpkin activity to do (since we had picked pumpkins and visited Black Island Farms), we decided to take the boys to the Treehouse Museum.  We invited Jody and Ann to join us (one of the benefits to membership is that it belongs to the boys, and each get 2 adults in with them).

We've learned the best way to navigate the Museum is to end with the trains - otherwise, Ryder gets stuck there, and does not want to participate in the other areas.

First, we headed upstairs, and made our way around the top floor.

Each of these large foam blocks has a number on them - if you stack them correctly, you are able to form an arch.  While all of the boys thought it was fun, Harvick and Jarrett thought the best part was knocking over a tower, over and over, and over again!

Harvick, building with the blocks.

We really don't let the boys climb on the furniture, but when I turned to help Harvick figure out the blocks, I turned back to catch Jarrett as he was trying to figure out how to get in the bag (hooked to the center of the table).  When his leg fell through, he thought it was funny, and just started to spin around...and, right after I snapped a few pictures, I got him down, and had him help me pick up all the blocks).

Playing in the music area.  Harvick (pictured on the bottom row) and Jarrett LOVE to copy other people's actions - so, when Ann sat down, to be at his level, he sat down too!

A quick stop in the...well, I'm not sure which area.  Harvick (left top) and Jarrett (right top) spent a brief moment coloring.  While, Ryder convinced Ann to crawl through the log tunnel, and then he spent some time jumping off of the boat.

After making the rounds upstairs, we headed downstairs (as a side note, a friend posted a picture of her daughter's favorite area at the Museum - the nursery - and, I didn't even recognize it - Ryder primarily dictates the areas we spend time in, and after being upstairs in a few areas, he's anxious to get downstairs already - the next time we go, I'm going to search out the nursery, just so we can say we've explored it!).  

Jarrett, playing with Ann in the farm area.

TRAINS!  TRAINS!  TRAINS!

Taking turns driving the fire truck.
(Harvick, Jarrett, and Ryder)

Surprisingly, Ryder stepped away from the trains, and asked to go back to the farm area (which he had previously skipped over to get to the trains).

We love having the Treehouse membership (thanks, again, to Patrick's grandparents!) - the boys always have a great time visiting.