Port Discovery

I started this post so long ago and I've been too busy, tired or just unmotivated to finish it. Almost a month later, here we go!
We went to Columbia, MD to see Dave's sister and her husband (and of course our niece, Ava!) While they were off looking for a place to live, we tried to take the boys to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. The line just to get in was about 4 hours long! So we found Port Discovery. It's listed as a children's museum, but its more like a giant play area for kids. They have a 3 story tunnel system in the center of the place. Just as you walk in the gates, you're greeted by a 40 x 20 soccer field. Zack went nuts playing soccer with all the other kids.


I was actually impressed with how well he handled other kids taking the ball away from him. And vice versa...I had to keep reminding him that we don't use our hands in soccer!!


They had several playhouses, and a mock-train station, which I was surprised that the boys just breezed right past without an iota of interest in....well Aaron found a plastic cantaloop in one of the houses that he thought was a ball and carried it around.


Zack did take to the giant Lincoln Logs though. He's never played with them before and he knew just what to do with them! We may have to go buy some!!

Dave found the cowboy area. In the picture below, Dave is helping Zack rope a steer!!

Silly me, I thought Aaron might like a try!! He cryed and clung to me everytime I tried to put him on a saddle!! I forced him to sit for a picture (below). He wasnt very happy about it.

We finally found the toddler room!! Aaron's happy again!!

Bubbles!!

Clingy Aaron!

(At least he'll go to Daddy too, Zack wouldnt!)

"Mr. I'm not sleepy"

"Mr. I'm-not-sleepy"

Zack feel asleep on the floor while his new favorite show, "Special Agent Oso!" I had a doctor's appointment at 2 pm. I turned on the TV while I put down for his nap. I really expected Aaron to crash like this since he didn't get a nap in before my appointment. I'm always happy though when they both nap...especially at the same time!

Aaron's First Haircut

Zack had his first haircut around 11 months and boy did he cry!! Just around his 3rd birthday he finally came to terms with haircuts. So this made me reluctant to take Aaron for a haircut. I've just been trimming it where it needs it, when it needs it. His hair has reached that point where we need to bring in the professionals.

Zack went first to show Aaron how its done. (You can see by the Mother's Day photo, He needed a haircut bad!!)

Aaron was too busy checking out all the products on sale to notice though.

Aaron's turn came too soon for him...and he wasn't happy about it.

Let the torture begin!!

I felt so bad...to make things worse, he had a poopy diaper!

Mother's Day

Aaron's kind of in between sizes and didnt have a nice shirt to wear. So he's wearing a 3T that Zack has out grown! He looked so cute in it.

Makin the beds

I washed all of our sheets and when it came time to remake the beds, Zack wanted to help. First we made Aaron's bed, then Zack's bed and next we headed into make my bed. Aaron was playing on the bed, so Zack climbed up on the bed too.

I threw the fitted sheet over top of the two of them and the giggles started. The two of them played 'tent' for the next hour!

Retraction

So I may need to retract my last posting. Ever since I posted "Best Buds", Zack and Aaron have been arguing and fighting alot. In toddler-guise or pre-schooler talk it translate into alot of schreeching, screaming, whining and ultimatly crying.
Zack doesn't want to share anything with Aaron and Aaron only wants what Zack is touching. As soon as Zack gives up playing with something and finds something else to play with, Aaron is done with it too. I know this is typical of their ages, but arrgg. They're driving me nuts! I think Zack is going to be forced to nap today....for my own sanity!