Winter activities

It has been such a mild winter so far, that we have spent a fair amount of time outdoors. 

A trip to the park.  William wanted to bring his dinosaur along.

All bundled up, but it is hard to get William to keep on his hat or gloves.

See - no more hat for William.  But I think it was at least 45 degrees that day.

 On the days that it is not warm enough to go outside, we find other things to do like go to COSI.  William is really starting to enjoy the museum.  It is fun watching him play and discover new things, just like Eliana did a couple years ago.  They recently updated the kids' space at COSI to change the play house to a "tree" house with nature decoration.  Eliana loves it!  Plus she was excited to see something different.  We spent a lot of time pretending to be squirrels and gathering "nuts" (plastic balls) by putting them in the tree house.  Eliana also named all of the birds on the wall.  When another child would check out the birds, Eliana would run up and tell them their names. 

Selfie through the window viewer.  William thought this was a great toy.  It has two steps up to look through the holes to see out the window.  He spent a lot of time going up and down, and up and down the stairs.

The ever popular ride on the saddle.

Driving the car - one of William's favorites.  Eliana was working the radio.

No, maybe this is William's favorite part - the light switch!  Boy, those designers at COSI know just what kids will like! They also have a doorbell on the outside of the house.  What child doesn't love switching lights on and off and ringing door bells. 

Pictures of William made me think of this funny story of him.  Will has been saying a lot of new words lately, both in English and in Spanish although not always pronounced correctly.  The one that makes me laugh the hardest though is how he says fork.  He pronounces it with a "u" sound and no "r" - like "fuk."  If you set down a plate of food in front of him, he asks for a "fuk" and will wave it excitedly when you give it to him.  A couple of days ago, David came home while we were eating dinner.  William greeted him from his high chair by waving his fork at him and saying "FUK!"  What a greeting!  Welcome home Dad! We both busted up laughing.