Playdate

Scott spent one February, Saturday morning working at his office in Raleigh and needed one of his employees to work with him so her daughter spent the day with Grace and I. We started off the day downtown at the Marbles IMAX theater and saw Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2. After the show they put together a Barbie Bash that consisted of different stations where the kids could do mermaid / surfer crafts and activities.

Grace making a surfboard:


A balance activity:


Making necklaces like the one Barbie wore in the movie.



After the Barbie Bash we went over to the Museum. The girls even got to play in the outside area because the weather was so gorgeous!



The Splash! exhibit has a fun water feature at The Lighthouse, but you have to be prepared to get wet. Here children can test what floats and what sinks. Its a good thing they have aprons and hand-dryers!



Upstairs in the museum is the Ideaworks exhibit. The girls had a blast here in the "GoZone" building their own cars and racing them down the track.





There is another exhibit upstairs of the museum called Moneypalooza. This area is available to teach the importance of saving and smart spending.



I thought our morning at the museum would cover the time Scott needed to get some things done but I soon had to find more things for us girls to do. We ventured to McDonald's for lunch and some fun in the play area there, then I treated the girls to having their fingers painted. No full out manicures, just simple finger painting. Grace has never had her fingernails painted so this was definitely a first for her.





We had so much fun with Alyssa and the girls played so well together!