tuesday at the museum (aka jp's "favorite place in the world")

Note: This week, The Museum Center and Music Hall- two of the most beautiful landmarks in Cincinnati (and, in my opinion, the country...), both of which hold tremendous history, were called out on the "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places" list.... see HERE for more information on saving two places that hold a lot of room in my heart.

girls day. (no boys allowed!)

The past couple of nights have been rough- the peanut has been running a pretty high fever, but true to Audrey's style, she acts as if nothing is wrong and even tells me "I am NOT sick!" but she is and so I've been sleeping with her and checking on her countless times through the night. Today I thought she was better so we had a girls' day with Nanna, but as soon as we got back home the fever returned and she passed out in her bed. 

We did, however, have fun while we could: brunch at The Rookwood in Mt. Adams then to the Museum Center to tour the Princess Diana Exhibit. This is the exhibit's last stop on a global tour before all of Princess Diana's things will be given back to Princes William and Henry for private storage. 

Audrey LOVED seeing all of her gowns and jewels and exclaimed "this is my favorite dress! Wow, it is so beautiful" about a dozen times. My sweet Audrey has a love for all that is sparkly and fancy and is slowly falling in love with princesses. I so loved sharing with her about Princess Di and talked to her about how the most beautiful girls (and princesses) are only as beautiful as they are nice. I hope I can teach this to her many times over... and just as importantly, I hope she realizes this for herself.

president's day

We are having a week (that is sure to turn in to a few months- more to come on that later) where we are fighting to keep our heads above water with juggling all that needs to be juggled which is my way of explaining my semi-absence from writing on here. But, I did want to quickly share Jackson's first museum trip. Much like his first trip to the book store, I had been dreaming since before he was born about his first trip to the museum. 


So, on Monday we decided we would go to the children's museum at the museum center in honor of President's Day because I feel like "learning something" would have been approving in their eyes. I was so happy to have the entire day for just Jackson and I and we took full advantage. He LOVED the museum, he ran and played and "talked" with the other kids there and was actually annoyed with me when I tried to get too close. He proved once again how fearless he is and seems to have misplaced the memo that states that he is only 1... not 5, not 13, not 21... he is one, but that does not and will not stop my little man, for better or for worse. 


I'll leave the rest of the story to the photos because I am exhausted and I am guessing my rambling isn't making much sense anyway! But, there are sure to be many more museum stories since we decided to buy a family pass. 


Museum family pass = endless fun and learning! No, seriously, I am being serious.

Rainy, rainy day... note to self: rainy day + holiday + new exhibit opening = mass chaos at the museum! Luckily for us, the more chaos the better in JP's opinion.

Giving himself kisses in the mirror. Self-esteem is not an issue here.

Playing fireman and other boy-type stuff

Puzzles! One of his favorite toys to play with.

I guess this is how boys play with baby dolls... they push them around in wheel barrows? 

Lets just say this little man was not too pleased when he realized that yes, he is in fact too small to climb this wall. 

Always a sign of a day well spent!