A Magical Day

This morning, Bill and I decided it was time to venture out of the house and take the boys on a trip.  The trip was to the Magic House!  Nolan is the perfect age to explore and enjoy all the Magic House has to offer.  Papa T tagged along for the fun too.  We're glad Papa came with us because he helped out with Carter when Bill and I wanted to play with Nolan and vice versa.  Papa and Nolan also had play time together as well.

It was gloomy outside, but inside the Magic House it was perfect!  First stop once we arrived was the bathroom for Bill and Papa.  While I waited with the boys, Nolan noticed the row of the alphabet.  Nolan would say the name of the letter and then lift up the door to reveal an item inside starting with the letter on the door.  He did really good naming the objects inside, but when he came to the letter "O" instead of saying, "orange" he said, "cutie."  This gave us a good laugh!  Nolan loves eating cuties at our house.

Nolan was a busy man all day long.  We hit every section of the Magic House and Nolan did not complain once about being tired!  Nolan would play for about 10-15 minutes at each area and then when I told him it was time to move on he said, "okay mommy!"  The Magic House is such a great place for toddler boys, so much to keep them occupied.  Carter was his happy-go-lucky self and had fun too.  Carter is such a good baby, he was along for the ride.

This was a rubber mulch, we need some for our backyard!

Once Nolan has his license, he will be our grocery shopper.  He picked out all healthy food to put in his grocery basket.

Nolan went fishing with Papa a couple of weekends ago, so he was excited to go "fishing" here.  The funny thing was he thought it was a real fish.  Nolan helped me catch the fish, but when I brought the fish up to Nolan for him to take the fish off of the hook he said, "no mama you do it!"  I showed Nolan it was a fake fish, so he decided to remove the fish from the hook and throw it back into the pond.

Nolan helped Bill work on his car a few weekends ago, so Nolan knew what he was doing.  Papa helped Nolan start the lug nuts and Nolan went in with the impact to tighten the nuts all the way.  The toy impact made the noise of a working impact, but the impact wasn't spinning.  The look of confusion on Nolan's face was priceless!  Nolan knew the impact was supposed to spin and tighten the nuts, but it wasn't working.

Daddy and Papa had just as much fun as Nolan did playing with all of the cool experiments.  They're definitely little boys at heart!

 Papa T

Nolan

Daddy and Nolan

Nolan was showing daddy up with a smile on his face

Since I have the longest hair out of everyone who went, I took Nolan in to touch the Electrostatic Generator.  This thing was serious business.  I had to touch it because if Nolan let go, something would happen.  The girl working wouldn't explain to me, but it seemed serious.  As soon as the girl turned it on, Nolan grabbed his head and looked worried.  Then he saw my hair and thought it was funny!  Poor Carter's mohawk already stands up, so I didn't take him in.

In the Bubble Room, Nolan and I made a huge bubble go all the way around us!  I will definitely be doing this during the summer with a hula hoop.

Carter Purcell has a political ring to it.....

Nolan Purcell has more of a Construction Foreman ring to it....

After about 3 hours at the Magic House, everyone was exhausted.  Carter fell asleep right before we left.  We packed up and headed home.  Nolan fell asleep in the car before we were on the interstate.

What a fun day full of memories!