All kinds of fun

The boys had a long weekend off of school...so we took advantage and got in some serious fun time.

On Saturday we headed up to Portland to take the boys to OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). They sure did get a kick out of posing as an astronaut!

Dylan is so thrilled!

Cole can manage to be goofy even as an astronaut!

On Monday Mom and the boys met up with our friends Nicole and Jonah for a bike ride in the sun! The pack with each one vying for the lead.

Then we said goodbye to our friends and headed up to Salem to the Gilbert House...another science museum for kids.
Mom's favorite activity...the cow you can milk.

One of the boys favorite activities was the bubble room.

And the outdoor play area that included a large array of xylophones.

We all loved the various science experiments to make all sorts of different goo, glow in the dark goo, and expandable snow.We also lucked out and discovered a great park next door that had an indoor carousel.
This park, that also had a large playground, was located along the Willamette River. Docked there was the Willamette Queen stern-wheeler. The boys were so excited about the boat. They grabbed a brochure and saw a picture of people sitting in the boat eating dinner and were practically screaming that they wanted to eat on the boat too! Since Mom gets quite ill on many boats...the thought of having to sit at a table and eat dinner on a boat didn't sound great. So it was suggested that maybe Dad would love to go on that outing sometime with just the 'boys'. They carried the brochure all the way home and showed it to Dad the moment he walked in the door.
To top off the fun filled long weekend we made pizza for dinner. Dylan is the sauce spreader.
And as Dylan put it, "Cole you spread the cheese because you are THE BEST cheese spreader!" And look at that technique!
The finale...strawberry shortcake with my boys!