Calvin's Second Birthday at the Children's Museum

Hello friends, 

A few weeks ago, I got to celebrate my favorite nephew's second birthday. Calvin is the first son of my best friend Amanda, owner of Panda Inc. (featured in yesterday's post). He's one of the brightest, happiest, and snuggliest little boys I know. He and his little sister Alice make my heart want to explode with love and pride! That's them in the above photo! The first photo is a side by side comparison from his first birthday, and one from this year. He's a stinker, and I just love him. 

Amanda had the amazing idea to celebrate this little man's big day at The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. It's one of the coolest places in town to take your little ones. There's several floors that are catered to different age groups, and all of them are jam packed with amazingly fun, and educational exhibits for the littles.  Since our little isn't so little any more, we got separated from our group for most of the day. Landon is seven and doesn't exactly like hanging out with 2 year olds, but he was really excited to see Calvin and wish him a happy birthday! Most of our group has littles under the age of 5, so we wandered off in our own direction. 

Landon had too much fun running around the whole building. There were hundreds of shrieks, and smiles throughout the day. We made screen prints, built circuits, and played in water! He learned so much that day. There was even a room dedicated to cars, and motion; they called it 'The Garage'. There was also a lovely section outside with a huge sandbox, and playhouse; that we all could climb! We played on the swings, and rang bells. Landon, Bryan, and David played in mud, and watched bees pollinate flowers just outside the sandbox. Overall, it was a great day. All of my boys had so much fun running around like little kids (yes, even Bryan and David). And at the end of it all, we got to celebrate the life of one cool little dude! All the babies played super hard, and got incredibly sleepy at end of the day. It was a wonderful day!

Do you have any fun museums around you?

xo. holly erinn