Some Good, Some Not Quite So “Wonder”-ful

    
First up, a couple of shots from the church retreat I went on at Forest Home in the San Bernadino Forest (right near Big Bear).  The retreat was spectacular despite 1. not knowing anybody before I went and 2. showing up with a black eye—sorry, no pictures of that.  The black eye, if you haven’t heard the story, was courtesy of Naomi and a tickle-fight.

                          
We seem to have established a pattern of stairs as photo op.  The kids plop themselves down and request that I take their picture; I, of course, oblige.  Expect to see more like this in future blog posts.

                                      
Moving on to the real meat of this particular entry, it appears that there are a number of children’s museums in the (extended) area.  We decided to check out this one first because they were running a special during the month of October which allowed the kids to get in free.  It had its perks, like that wind-tunnel thing that Naomi is playing with, but compared to the Wonder Museum in Okinawa this place was seriously lacking.  I know it’s not entirely fair to make comparisons, and we did enjoy our time while we were there, but . . . let’s just say we hope to find better at one of the other museums.

                           
On the plus side, they had a nice selection of puppets which we really enjoyed.

         
And a little construction worker does have a lot to learn, especially if they are in training to be an astronaut.

But, if I may be a bit critical again, I expect to see more things at a Children’s Museum that we DON’T already have in our own home.  Ah well, the kids had fun and it made for a decent outing for that day!

                        
TTFN, ta-ta for now!