A morning at the CDM

Last week Daddy skipped a morning of "work" (work, study, whatever it is he does in his office at school) and we all headed to the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose. Kathleen had been asking to go ("to the museum with the bubbles") and we were happy to be able to accommodate her -- and to make the most of our membership!

We didn't take a lot of photographs -- we mostly just played. We blew loads of bubbles, we unearthed "fossils", we climbed and explored and learned.

We did snap just a couple of pictures, though, and we thought we'd share.

John David explored the "crawlers" room in the toddlers' section of the museum. He did love that book, which we promptly dropped in the "sanitize this" box. (I'm not sure how you sanitize a board book, and I'm not going to think about it too hard, because then I'd be thinking about what my child put in his mouth before I could stop him...)

We pass this fire engine exhibit every time we enter or leave the museum, and it has never really sparked our girls' imagination. Until this visit, that is! Madeline discovered the fire hose and decided she wanted to be a "firegirl"... She eventually donned a coat and a hat, and her Daddy and I couldn't get enough of it!

(By way of explanation, I didn't know that Daddy was trying to video our little firefighter here. I thought he was trying to get a photograph, which is why I keep trying to get her to turn around to look at us, rather than just letting the poor kid play. I sound annoying! Sorry. To you and to Madeline.)

And this? This, the girls told us -- this is "a firefighter and her dog."

Of course. What else could it be?