Visiting The Tacoma Children's Museum

November 18, 2009 Wednesday

Today in stead of music class we headed down to visit the Tacoma Children's Museum. To make it a little more exciting we parked by the Dome and took the Trolley to the museum. It was a fun outing!
It was quite cold that day and very windy. The museum offered fun toys to play with in a market setting, a very cool Native American exhibit/story area, an art area, lots of bubbles, and more. We then had a private room for lunch, and then we headed back home.

Playing in the market

The bubbles were great!

Mircea and AnneMarie painting

Casper writing on a window (umm don't do this at home kids!)

In the lunch room

Laura, Mircea and AnneMarie eating lunch

Kids playing on the rail while we wait for everyone to start heading back to the trolley stop.

Mircea, Laura, and Sara

James, AnneMarie and Mircea

Trying not to be blown away at the corner

Waiting for the Tram

Climbing aboard

Mircea and Laura
This might have been the favorite part of the whole trip

Casper and me

Chirstine, Cea, Laura and AnneMarie
We are almost to our stop

Halloween at Music Class

October 28, 2009 Wednesday
All the kids dressed up at music class today. One of our members who loves photography took professional pics of the kids as well. We had a lot of fun! I thought the pictures were adorable!

Ta Da! A princess of course!

And Princesses are always in charge!

They are also sweet and beautiful!

Princess Mircea
She fits the role magnificently!

Peek a boo!

Awwww! you are a sweetie Casper!

So patient with all the dressing up.

Casper and his mom!

Yvonne is great with Casper!

The wonderful group of ladies that I volunteer with at Mainly Music

Music Class

October 21st Wednesday

Today Mircea sat up with Lisa and helped lead music class. She was quite shy, and mostly solemn up front, and her movements were pretty small--but it was fun to watch her, and I definitely appreciated Lisa having her up there so I could focus on Casper.

Mircea and Lisa

Mircea took this picture of Ellia, Megan, Casper and me during snack time

Music Class Ending for the Summer

Music class is "closing" for the summer. We will still have a couple events, but not a regular weekly class (and the events don't involve music).

The last day of class was amazing. The ladies who run the course are so great, and they really take care of us moms! The class started and we sang 3 songs, ending with the song "God Made Me". Ms Lisa then reminded us that while it is important the our children have music in their lives, that it is way more important that we teach them of God and have him involved with our lives. They then had us go outside where they have a great play set for their nursery school. Under some trees they had a table set up with food for moms and kids, they handed out popsicles to the kids, they had an espresso cart in the church where they made free iced coffees for the moms, there was a big blowup bouncy toy, places to ride trikes, and so much more! Mircea had a blast, Casper had a blast, I had a blast! One of the ladies, Karen, watched Casper when he was playing inside, and then another, Yvonne, was so kind to hold and play with him outside, so I could try to keep up with Cea. We are definitely looking forward to when classes start after summer.
Anyway, I thought I would post a couple pics and video of a regular music class and then of the last day of class.

Mircea playing along to a song

I don't know why she is so serious

Casper and James

(They both have summer birthdays,

so they got to be up in the front of the class to have everyone sing to them!)

Yvonne and Casper.

playing with water and ice

Cea in the bouncer

Bouncing hard

Boing

She is singing . . .
10 little monkeys jumping on the bed
1 fell off and bumped his head . . .
no more monkeys jumping on the bed!