We joined my friend Jennifer and her daughter and nieces for a morning at the Tempe Historical Museum. On Wednesdays, the museum has Wild Wednesdays with kids activities all day for free. The theme was circus and the museum had some super activities for the kids. Face painting, coloring, drawings for prizes (Ian won something, they called us yesterday) a clown making animal balloons, three different crafts, stories and a scavenger hunt. The only one who didn't enjoy it as much was Connor, who was stuck in the stroller for the majority of the time.
The clown was really fun, although she had the parents make the balloon animals. So I learned how to make a balloon dog, but I have an aversion to sudden, loud noises like popping balloons. So with much reassurance from the clown that the balloon would not pop when I twisted it, I finally figured out.
Ian enjoyed the craft room, where he made a clown hat, a lion puppet and a picture of a giraffe in a cage. He did all the glue sticking himself and enjoyed wearing his hat.
Jennifer and I made plans to return next Wednesday for "Vovage to Mars" day. Hey, a free museum with lots of fun things to do works for both of us.
Following the museum, we took a picnic over to Kiwanis park, which was pretty much deserted. Of course, the temperatures here in Phoenix are rising over 110 degrees, so the Phoenicians are becoming nocturnal. Next week, we are skipping the outside picnic portion of the trip.
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