Marble Museum

Have I mentioned lately how much I L-O-V-E my job?! I get to wake up to a sweet face every morning, eat breakfast with her, read to her, play with her, snuggle with her before naps, snuggle with her after naps, cook with her, clean with her and not miss a minute! AND we get to add a baby boy to it all in March. It really is my dream job. I couldn't be more thankful for a husband who works SO hard to provide for us so that we can make that dream a reality and we're truly thankful and blessed by a God who never fails to come through for us. The last year and a half has been such a faith builder for us and we're so thankful for it. Anyway, I had to throw that in there because it's all I could think about this morning as I drove to and from the Marble Museum with Logan.

It's a sweet little kids museum downtown in Raleigh that has a TON of imaginative play areas. I'll let the pictures do the talking...

I had to throw this picture in because after posting about L not wanting to wear her winter stuff out she complied this morning and then didn't want to take the hat off.

She loves to "drive" cars so she was in her element running from vehicle to vehicle. Here she is in the electric car.

And the ambulance:

She wasn't too crazy about the dress up stuff until we got to the hospital, then she wanted to dress in the gowns so she could help the babies.

Then we went to the grocery store where Logan went way over budget in her food purchases...but I'm pleased to say that she bypassed the unhealthy junk and went straight for the fruits and veggies:

Some milk:

And eggs:

After shopping we went and learned where the vegetables come from. She stomped through the garden, I tried to get her to help me pull them from the ground but she much preferred to just step on them.

Umm...she didn't know what this was:

I tried to explain to her that it's a phone and that she could use it just like she uses my phone when she talks to Mike but she didn't like that idea. I guess they are a thing of the past, now.

Here's Logan's best, "please, just let me play woman" look:

Moving on to the post office, she helped sort mail in the mail truck:

Then did some crazy running around:

Before she was ready to sit down for a snack (and while we really weren't getting ready to eat a snack in this exhibit, a meltdown followed shortly and we did end up heading to the cafe for a snack).

She played at the bank, mainly in the safe with the "mons"

Funny story...whenever Logan finds cash in the house, or sees it in my purse, she proceeds to grab it and say, "No mamas, dada's mons" and will find him and give it to him or find a pair of his pants to go put it in. Guess mommy's don't need money if they stay home?

And onto the pizzeria where Logan got to make some pizza!

We finished up our trip in the waterworks area where they had boats and submarines to play in. Logan was fearless and climbed without mommy to the top of the boat and camped out in the crows nest for a while.

Directing the submarine to the surface with Kate:

And I think we only managed to see about 2/3 of the museum before we pooped out and had to head home for a nap! Such a great way to spend a morning and it was so fun to see Logan using her imagination to play.

As we were headed out I saw a couple of classes coming in for a field trip and took some quick glances at the panic stricken teachers (because we all love a good field trip where 25+ kids are wound up and wild and are in your care away from the comfort of the classroom) and did NOT miss that job at all.