Bob the Builder

Bob the Builder is in town at the Children's Musuem. We have actually been to it a few times, but I kept forgetting my camera. So I finally got some pictures the last time, and there weren't too many kids there so you can actually find Chloe and Caleb in the pictures.

Chloe's favorite thing was building walls in one of the areas. They have long pieces that you fit into holders on each side. She built up a whole wall all by herself. And of course she takes after Grandma Patti and loves gardening. They have 2 areas to "plant" things. It's a fake mound of dirt with holes in it. You stick flowers in one and potatoes and carrots in the other.

Caleb's favorite thing to do in Bob the Builder was to run from one machine to another pushing the buttons to see what they said. If you know Bob the Builder you know one says "Rock and Roll", and the others say a certain phrase too (my brain is not working at the moment so I can't think of what the other's say- but I can sing you the song.....Bob the Builder can we fix it, Bob the Builder Yes We Can. --maybe that's where Barack got it from??)


Oh and this day at the exhibit Caleb was really into the balls. On one side you push the balls down into a tube that has air flowing in it, it goes to the other side and comes out a faucet type thing. Once the bucket gets full someone goes and gets it and dumps all the balls back on to the one side with the tube. This was Caleb's favorite. When someone would dump the balls it was like he was playing in a ball pit or something. He would move his arms back and forth and then try to grab as many as he could-- all the while having the biggest smile on his face. I love his smiles!!

Don't know how I could have forgotten this--- The kids decided to be rock stars on the stage too. Chloe put on a slinky tank top over the top of her clothes and started belting out some tune she made up. She's totally a rock star. She was moving the microphone and it's base all over the stage while she sang, and didn't act one bit shy as more people came into the room. Caleb tried out the singing thing once, but I think he is a behind the scenes kind of guy. He liked playing with the sound effects. Especially the guitar sound. That and the banana peel/slipping were played quite a few times while Chloe sang Wheel's on The Bus.