Spring Break, Part II!

 Wonder Museum

The beautiful Okinawa weather continued on Thursday with hints of summer’s humidity, but this time we actually stayed indoors at the Wonder Museum. This is a kids’ museum inside the Zoo, which is only about 15 minutes from where we live. We’ve been to the zoo, but not the museum, and my friend suggested a playdate there. The kids spent THREE HOURS here. They LOVED it! Why, oh WHY, have we not been here before?!?


I bought an annual pass. And it was a steal of a deal!

But I digress. This place was three floors of kiddie heaven. Everything is their size and built for “little” eyes, hands and feet. There are blocks with which to make shapes in a tray, and then you insert it into a machine which makes the inanimate object come to life as it is projected onto the screen behind you.
There are balance beam races, “backwards” goggles (I almost threw up…) and a little area devoted to water play, with a little house and dress-up clothes. Wyatt spent a good 20 minutes trying to make these little balls swirl around in this cone-shaped sphere. It was fantastic!
 

The pictures above are from the dress-up area.  I think Kaitlin could have played there for hours!  Maybe when Olivia gets older she'll want to spend more time there, but Wyatt just wanted to move the furniture around. LOL.  They had kiddie-sized furniture - I just love the chaise lounge!  So cute!

Easter Celebration!

Friday dawned and I started in with preparations for our annual Easter party. I expanded this year and I think I had around 10  kids, counting the wee little ones. It was sort of chaos but in a fun way… we did egg dyeing followed by an Easter Egg Hunt in our backyard.

Again, what a difference a year makes! The kids were so excited about the egg hunt that I could barely get the eggs spread out before they mobbed them. We had to regroup and explain the “rules” and then have an official start to the hunt!

Olivia even got in on the action. I think she caught on at the end, because she saw this egg and went right to it!


Most of the kids were excited about all the eggs they found, but there was one unhappy camper… isn’t this picture just so cute?!?

Savoring their goodies!

My little one in one of her many spring dresses!

After the party, Wyatt wanted to finish dyeing eggs... he was too wrapped up in the excitement of the party to dye very many when all of his friends were here!

Zukeran Egg Farm & Mini Mini Zoo

 

 Saturday was a full day. We started off at basketball practice, bright and early, followed by a 4-year old birthday party at the bowling alley. By the time that was over at Noon, we were all exhausted and Olivia desperately needed a nap! After she rested up, we headed out to the Zukeran Egg Shop and Mini Mini Zoo (I’ve mentioned this place before on here) to check out the animals, play in their little play area (above) and get a treat. They have the Most. Amazing. Cream Puffs!! They are to die for. Oh, and their pudding too. YUMMY! A couple of errands later, and I had a tired crew on my hands!


Yesterday (Sunday) we took it easy. The rain had finally come so we stayed inside most of the day, although we did get dressed up and venture out for a wonderful baptism for the Smith boys. They were adorable and it was great to be part of their special day. And today… well, it’s back to the usual routine. Wyatt is back at preschool and I must say, I am sad spring break is over – we had so much fun!