The Cincinnati Children's Museum

We finally made it to The Cincinnati Children's Museum after hearing so many great things about it.  We had a playdate with Emma's little buddy Sophia, who is about 5 months younger than Emma and both girls played really hard.  Emma had to be tricked away from the giant water table or else we probably would have been stuck there all day.  Emma really liked the water table, the sandbox, loading coal into a wheelbarrow, hammering pegs at "The workshop"  and serving food at the Diner.  She served me a taco and a peanut butter sandwich at the Diner and she liked pushing around the grocery cart at "The Grocery".  Depsite digging right into the activities with no pause, she displayed her nervous behaviors all the way until lunch.  The museum is in the lower level, which is not as well lit as the lunch area on the main floor, so we should have probably brought her glasses.  A few months ago we had a playdate at the Dayton museum and she had the same reaction...both museums are on the lower level with no natural light and I think this messes with her sight.  Emma was not as into the museum a few months ago, but now she seems to be the perfect age as long as we can get her to stop blowing her finger and picking her lips while we are there.

 

Today I took Emma to the toy store because her potty training has gone so well.  She picked out a doll that has glasses just like her.  I promised her that I would buy her babies a crib when she did a #2, but Toysrus didn't have any nice ones in stock today, so I had to order one on Amazon.  Emma won't let it go that her baby gets a crib...she has a steel cage from the moment you say anything, so be prepared to have on hand what you promise.  In hindsight, I probably should have bought one last week when I first promised, but I never thought she would this soon.  She was also promised to make cupcakes by her Gramma Cheryl, so I have also been hearing about the cupcakes for days...she gets to make them on Tuesday.  The good thing about the chocolate chip and sticker rewards is that she doesn't always ask for them not that we have been at this for about 2 weeks.  The one step she never forgets is washing her hands...I accidentally gave her a sticker before washing her hands today and she said, "no, no no...wash hands first".