Getting Out...

We had a bit of extra fun in January.  We headed downtown to participate in Metropolis which is a winter festival.  There are 4 huge covered/heated structures that house different activities.  On the Saturday that we went, one tent had break dancing going on.  That was fun to watch.  Then there was a food tent and beer tent and a children's tent.  We checked out the food tent, not much really going on that we liked in there for a treat, we obliviously skipped the beer tent and stayed in the children's tent for a little bit. 
They had a few crafts to do, story books that you could take and sit down to read, they had a giant inflatable slide that you could go on, a caricature artist, and a magician. 

Megan wasn't too into the crafts and was pretty grumpy, then the magician came up to her and included her in his tricks and pranks. She started to smile and enjoyed herself. He multiplied rabbits (foam bunnies) right before her eyes, in her very own hands. She was in totally awe about that. Then Evan joined in the fun along with other kids in the tent. He was really good. 

The video above he is teaching them to juggle.  The video below he is playing his little flute and trying to tell them how to dance celtic style...this is what he got out of them.

Megan was interested in going on the slide.  So we payed $2 and she climbed up the stairs and had a good slide down.  Evan was too scared, but when he saw how fun it was he decided to go to.  Aaron was asleep in the stroller the whole time. 

One afternoon I was busy cleaning in the kitchen and washing vegetables and prepping them for the fridge, when I thought that we would "paint" with different vegetables.  So here is Aaron loving his time painting. 

We used an apple, carrot, I cut a potato and made some different shapes, and the root end of a bunch of celery.  He is very proud of his painting and loves to look at it and tell me what everything was made with.   This was one of those good mom moments.