It's been a pretty eventful summer for Max and Charlotte! And, seeing as how I haven't documented their escapades in a while and fall is right around the corner, I thought it was high time that I summarize what's happened to us this past season.
While I was traveling in Europe, Max and Charlotte visited their first museum back home in California. Turns out that they
love museums! Kidspace is a children's museum close to home (about 0.5 miles south of the Rose Bowl) that also has fun water features in which to play ...
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and leaves to study! The mission of Kidspace is to teach children about science and nature. It's a pretty good bet that we'll return quite often.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles is a pretty natural draw for Charlotte and Max, as it features
dinosaurs!
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That includes Charlotte's favorite: Triceratops.
But it's not at all about dinosaurs. There are exhibits on a wide number of aspects of the natural world, like spiders and whales.
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Max was particularly fond of the exhibit which involved rocks and shovels and dirt and sifters.
Charlotte and Max rode up and down our street a lot, sometimes on their tricycles, sometimes on their scooters.
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By now they're both pretty adept on their tricycles and their scooters, though I do wish they would learn to make better use of the scooter brakes.
Max and Charlotte took advantage of the pool within a block from our house to take swimming lessons, too.
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They both did amazingly well. And I'm particularly proud of Max for overcoming his fears and embracing the water. Max used to have a hard time having his hair rinsed in the bathtub. These days he and Charlotte would gladly stay in the water for hours on end! (Indeed, they have.)
And, of course, Max and Charlotte kept on getting bigger and bigger.
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| 28 July 2013 |
Here they patiently wait while we get seated for dinner at a nearby Italian restaurant.
--- Shawn (for Jenn and Charlotte and Max and Lucy and Rufus)
