What a playdate!

Daddy's begun classes at Stanford, but since our house there isn't available yet (and our household goods haven't arrived), Mama and the girls are still staying at Nan and Grandpa's. Daddy's been driving back for the weekend, but he stays with a classmate during the week. We miss him, but we've been keeping busy in the meantime.

Recently we met up with Mama's good friend Jenny, and her darling boys Zach and Blake for a day at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Talk about a great playdate! The girls had so, so much fun! (And Mama had fun, too, catching up with her friend!) We did so much, and we only managed a fraction of what the museum has too offer. Each time we've been to the museum, our girls have loved it more. We'll definitely be going back in the future.

And although our camera is still missing, Nan loaned us hers for the day. Unfortunately, I failed to get a group shot of the kids or of Jenny and Mama, which is really a pity. But at least I can share some of these shots of the girls having fun, fun, fun!

Both Kathleen and Madeline loved the waterplay area. The museum provides the little water-resistant aprons, which help keep the play from being a completely soggy mess. Plus, they're just really cute! The girls loved playing with the plastic frogs, crabs, and fish.

Madeline even tasted the fish! (For the record, she does eat fish. Just not usually the plastic kind.)

Frogs made another appearance later in the morning. The girls loved making music with them.

They also got a kick out of the giant spider web.

The "construction" gravel was another big hit. Madeline was surprisingly effective with a shovel. (And she looked pretty cute, too.) Kathleen seemed to prefer the dump trucks.

We'd probably have stayed longer in that area, but Madeline was still tempted to eat the gravel, so we moved on rather quickly. We headed inside to another exhibit. Zach was all about the enormous train table in that room, but my girls loved the big fishing boat. They both climbed all over it. Kathleen did a great job hauling in loads of crabs; Madeline even helped toss a few in!

After a full morning of play, we ate a tasty late lunch at the museum's cafe before heading home with some seriously sleepy girls. Thanks, Jenny, Zach, and Blake. That was a fantastic playdate!