Puppet Show

Today we woke up to rain which eventually turned into snow...lots and lots of snow. It is now 4pm and the rain is back and the snow is melting, but our backyard is still white. It's hard to believe that it is this cold...in Atlanta...in March!
It turned out that the activity we had planned for today was perfect for a cold, winter day. We went to the Center for Puppetry Arts downtown for a fabulous puppet show with Lucy, Archer and Winnie. It was called Rainforest Adventure and completely captivated the kids for the entire 45 minutes. Alexia sat on my lap and Diego by my side and they LOVED it. The puppets are life-size so it is so much fun to see the detail and artistic skill of everything. There was no storyline they had to follow, they just enjoyed the excitement of seeing the exotic animals and plants. After the show we had our picnic lunch in the lunchroom and then headed upstairs to a puppet workshop so the kids could make their own puppets which were a huge hit. We then explored the puppet museum and all four kids were amazed at all the puppets. We will definitely be heading back there again - we loved it!

The puppet workshop

The kids showing off their puppets. Winnie is just 18-months so she didn't make a puppet, but loved being right next to the big kids while they did theirs. (Is Alexia really now part of the BIG KIDS!?!?!?!)

The museum had a really neat area where the kids could control the puppets

Alexia making shadow puppets

Diego making a silly shadow puppet

Thought this was a cool shot of the four kids in front of the mirror (The big kids are maneuving a massive praying mantis)

I ordered a few "school" supplies last week and Diego has been excited to open them. We were just about to do some "school" when Alexia woke up from her nap so she joined in and loved it.

I had them sort all of the bears by color into the cups. It was a no-brainer for Diego, but it was fun to see how Alexia was challenged and really enjoyed it.

Diego did really well doing several different patterns.

The pegboard was also a hit. He enjoyed sorting by color and making towers