Children's Museum of the Upstate

Last weekend I took a day off so that we could go to the Children's Museum in Greenville (dad was kind enough to drive us)

 John climbing. They had a cool two-story climber.

 Apah, David, and John in the water room.

 More fun with water.

 A stop-motion camera set.

 John learning how to animate.

 David and John playing music pinball.

 John singing the declaration of independence.

 John using the crane.

 John building with blocks.

 David building with blocks.

 David building with big blocks.

 John playing with the lights.

 David made this. I was really impressed.

John putting.

Museum video compilation.

Random pictures and fun

 The boys at church

 Shopping at Publix after Mass. Have to love those free cookies

 The raft we bought dad for Christmas

 Preparing for the test voyage

 Apah and David on the lake

 Apah and John on the Lake

 Movie of our lake adventures

 Apah cooking hot dogs

 More hot dog cooking

John enjoying a smore

Fun at 96 Crossroads

Apah, David, John and I wanted to take our friendship family daughters to the Crossroads living history event at the town of 96. Unfortunately, Yaerin couldn't make it. I told Minkyung to bring a friend so she brought Hyeun-u

 David and some re-enactors playing a stick game.

 More of the stick game 

Some videos of everyone playing the stick game

 Some of the re-enactors preparing for a weapons' demonstration. I didn't see it because John didn't like the noise.

 John making a paper hat.

 Some re-enactors were really nice and invited us to play cricket with them

 More cricket

 David stands ready

 

Minkyung helping John

 Several videos of everyone playing cricket

 David is tired from me carrying him through the woods

 Looking at a map of the battlefield

 John prepares for the noise from the toy gun David is holding

 John wants a turn

Having a good time at Hardees'

Easter

David is off on Spring break and its Easter time so we have been having fun staying busy. Our neighbor, Pastor Debbie, invited us to her church's Easter Egg hunt.

 David with the Jesse Tree he made.

 The food station where children sampled some of the food that would have been served at the last supper. There wasn't any wine though. We were the last group so maybe it had all been drunk by then?

 David hammering nails into a cross.

 Precariously perched on a mossy rock.

 A tent serves as an empty tomb. The two sets of clothes on the right represent the Roman guards.

 Jing, the daughter of my colleague Bill and his wife Mei holding a golden egg. Since she found it she was given the lamb.

 Swinging!

 The boys and I after Easter Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes.

 Dr. Hess, Robert, and the boys and I.

Arlene and the boys



We had another Easter Egg hunt at our house. So with our church's, Debbie's, and that one, the boys had three!

Basketball

Proof that you can take the Hoosier out of Indiana, but you can't take the love of basketball from a Hoosier

Fun at the Museum

 In Janauary we visited the museum with Minkyung, our friendship family daughter from the previous semester, and Yaerin, our new friendship family daughter. Here the are playing with the museum's Thomas the Tank Engine Table.

 Minkyung and John trying on hats at the Blacksmith's.

 Admiring an old safe.

 Same safe, different angle

 Yaerin checks out the air cannon

Minkyung and David ready for a ride