Learning Trip to the Downtown Mall BRRRR!

Well, I haven't posted for a while, things have been a little crazy in the weather department as well as my home life.  On January 24th, I became a Grandma!  Who has time for anything when a new baby comes into your life?!

So, today I am back up and running.  The children took me on a learning trip last week.  Yes, it was very cold, yes we were outside a lot, but we bundled up and were totally prepared for the great outdoors as we visited some friends on the Downtown Mall.

First, we headed to The Virginia Discovery Museum.  We pretended to bake at Panera, perform at The Paramount and be a Bee Keeper!  We played the pipe organ and built and raced cars!  And we got hungry!

 

So we headed down the mall to Sal's pizza.  We were so lucky to be eating in a

fancy restaurant, and Mrs. Nancy made us delicious cheese pizza!  We almost made it out the door without any accidents...almost!

Our final stop was the Jefferson-Madison Central Library.  So we bundled up and continued up the mall and then up to East Market Street to the library.  We had a great time with our story teller.  

We listened,   

we danced,

and we listened some more!

We had a wonderful time!

We ended our jam-packed day with one last picture on the freezing cold steps of the library.  

Say Cheese!