For Esteban's birthday, I planned a family day. I got up early, got the kids ready and we hit the road. The weather was supposed to be pretty nasty out so I planned an indoor activity. First, we went out for breakfast. Jayden got an orange giraffe made out of a balloon and he was thrilled.
Maya is always happy as can be when she's eating. She's really enjoying herself with this piece of toast.
Esteban was pretty happy, I must say.
We spent the day at the Orlando Science Center. I must say, there was so much there for children. I mean, that's the idea. But I was really surprised at how many things there were for Jayden to entertain himself with. All day, we bumped into things that struck his fancy. This car was a part of the Norman Rockwell exibit.
Jayden loved this classroom. It was a replica of schoolrooms in the early 1900's.
I thought this was pretty creative. Jayden stopped at his easel and made his own little masterpiece. He was more interested in relocating all the crayons to his easel though.
He enjoyed this jeep and liked that he was able to shift gears.
There is an entire section devoted to kids and there was lots to do. The kids were loving this area where they could change out the tires, slip under the car, and add antifreeze to this toy car. Jayden didn't want to leave. I don't blame him.
Here he is with one of his most favorite things in the world. Avion! Planes. Helicopters. They're all the same. He is overjoyed by them.
This was a great little area and Jayden was having a heck of a time in the kitchen washing dishes at the sink and looking for the right cover to the saucepan. And Maya was just grabbing everything she could find. This was a great place for her to stretch her legs since she had been in her stroller most of the morning.
Here's Jayden and Daddy making electricity, one of the many science project type of interactive exhibits. We had a ball fooling around with electricity, gravity, energy, sound waves, and lots more.
Jayden loved the dinorsaur area and was having fun excavating in this dinosaur graveyard.
Mommy and Maya take a snack break.
I was bummed out that the observatory on the 6th floor was open, but to see anything with the telescope we would have had to wait until dark. There was no way I could keep the kids out htat late so we passed and took the kids to Lake Eola instead.
Can you tell that Maya loved this crazy tea cup?
So this was enough to make for a nice, quiet, relaxing drive home. Maya actually fell asleep with the bottle in her mouth.
On the way home, we stopped at a small car show. Esteban likes looking at them and I have to admit, I don't mind it either.
