Mommy and Nolan's Day Together

Since my maternity leave will be coming to an end in a couple of weeks, I wanted to take the day and spend it with Nolan.  Tuesday morning I took Carter to the sitter's, so Nolan could have my full attention all day.  I left Nolan in the car while I took Carter inside.  The first thing Nolan said when I climbed back into the car was, "baby carta?, where's carta?" and started to cry.  He loves his little brother so much.  I explained to Nolan we were going to spend the day together, him and I only!

I didn't feel like making breakfast, so I took Nolan out to eat for breakfast at IHOP.  I ordered a meal for us to split.  Nolan did great until about 10 minutes before we left and he started climbing all over the place.  At least I only had to worry about him.

Tiffany had told me about the Edwardsville Children's Museum and I had been wanting to take Nolan, but hadn't had the chance yet.  Yesterday morning was the perfect opportunity.  Nolan and I came home after breakfast, showered, dressed, and headed up to the museum.  Nolan thought it was cool, but most of the museum was geared towards older children.

I was very impressed with the museum.  It had tons of little stations for the kids to pretend play and dress up.  Nolan liked the kitchen and the grocery store the best.  Nolan loves to open our refrigerator at home and take out the ketchup and mustard, so this is exactly what he did at the museum in the kitchen area.

 Checking the pizza to make sure its not too hot

 Nolan's lunch!

After Nolan made lunch he decided to he had used up all of the ketchup and needed to go to the grocery store to buy some more.  I think he will shop at Sam's when he is older because of the stock pile of ketchup he took!

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Here's your change mama

Like I said, the museum had little stations set up throughout.  It was nice because Nolan could walk from one station to the other as he pleased.  Of course, he found the train table.

Stamping the package to be mailed

The PVC pipes were neat.  They had sandals to hit the opening and they would make different sounds. Nolan found a ball and threw it in one of the holes.  I captured his expression because he knew he wasn't supposed to do that.  Luckily, I retrieved the ball without a problem.

The magnet wall was a lot of fun too.  Tons of magnets from letters to animals and even BIG trucks!

After about an hour at the Museum, Nolan and I met Tiffany, Madison, and Grant for lunch to celebrate Madison's birthday.  We all had a really good time and the kids behaved themselves very well.  I was impressed because we were there for an hour and a half.  I think the mommy's needed some adult interaction.  We sang Happy Birthday to Madison and she blew out her candle to end lunch.

What a great mommy and Nolan day together!  He still amazes me at how much he is growing up.  Nolan is a very smart, very sweet little boy with an attitude at times but I wouldn't change him for the world!  I love you Nolan Henson!