Three Part Sunday
Sunday morning, the three of us (Daddy, Mummy, and Erik) along with Grandma Katy woke up in our bay area hotel room wondering what to do. We needed some much desired relaxation! Don't want to rush anything as Sunday is supposed to be a relaxing day while Monday through Friday are already as hectic as can be.
Part I: POOL TIME
Mummy has been wanting to swim with Erik for a long time. However each time Mummy gets into the pool, all Erik wanted before was to nurse! SIGH! That totally put a damper in Erik's swim lessons with Daddy. So Mummy wanted to try again. As a result, we utilized the hotel's indoor pool.
The pool was as chilly as could be. C.O.L.D. was the word but Erik didn't mind at all. Mummy dressed Erik in his TYR thermal suit, hoping it'll help him from feeling cold. Mummy was literally freezing after the first couple of steps into the wading pool of 3 1/2 feet deep! Brrrrr! Meanwhile Erik was super jazzed to be able to swim with Mummy, he could hardly contain himself and let out a much excited scream. HAHA!
Erik then jumped in feet first and did a big splash to Mummy and it was all good fun! Even Daddy joined in after a little bit and was complaining about the ice cold water! But Erik didn't want to get out and we had to coax him out of the pool.
Part II: PARK TIME
It was still mid-morning so Daddy & Mummy decided to take advantage that we're in the city and take Erik to the Metreon outdoor park. There Daddy thought Erik would slide around the gigantic metal slides but instead, Erik was really into the climbing structures! Good gosh, it had Daddy worry about.
For Erik, it's "safety first", somewhat. He'd ask Mummy "Hold Me, I climb" the monkey bars/dome. So okay, Mummy is supposed to be his buddy. But eh, Mummy is short and once he reached way past Mummy's height and can't hold Erik any more...he still continues. Eek! Thus Daddy had to climb fast to intervene. Good gosh, Erik can be a dare-devil, definitely not from Mummy!
Erik went on the gigantic metal slide only once and then was hooked on the Yerba Buena guide who was juggling. The guide's name was Jeremy, the same name as one of Erik's buddies. So when Mummy requests "give the [juggling] ball back to Jeremy", Erik would search the yard and ask "where's Jeremy?" and we'd have to point him to the guide! HAHA! Cute!
Erik learned out to "catch" juggling balls from the guide. It was great. Put your hands together and wait for the ball. And he caught it LOL. He had lots of fun as the guide was entertaining a handful of kids and paying lots of attention to them. Great Fun! Of course, Erik also loved the metal xylophone and he even SHARED one of the music stick to another child. That was worth celebrating for a 2 year old!
Part III: TECH TIME
It was near to already lunch time. We decided to visit the next door ZEUM, a non-profit multimedia arts and technology museum. Honestly, Mummy & Daddy visited this place before the park to check out the admission prices and asked whether there were appropriate activities for Erik. The guest services said it was really recommended for ages 6 - 12 but there are some preschool activities as well. So we went to the park and wasn't sure.
Then after the park, Erik again ran for the xylophone outside the museum so we decided to give it a try!! Were we surprised! It was a lot of fun for all of us, Erik included (plus he's a FREEBIE).
They have a small Toddler Tech Area where light switches control 2 different cameras. Erik loves playing telephone so the area also mounted an older style telephone (70's, pre cellphone) and he was able to play a lot.
We also visited their sound studio where Mummy & Erik got to create our own digital music looper. Erik picked out all the instruments and Mummy just dragged it onto the computer. It was very cool! We saw that Erik likes the Bass and Drums. He'll even pick a little icon of the piano, hee hee!
Erik.wma - Click on the WMA file to here our creation!
Daddy & Grandma Katy went into the Animation Studio where they can create CLAY models and make their own film, similar to Wallace and Grommet! Mummy tried her hand at it as well and made a "Lollipop Girl" which Erik wanted to lick (Mummy thinks he was successful at licking at it too!). Erik also contributed and decorated a clay ball with eyes and mouth as his character. So cute! Daddy made a cool looking "Muscle Man" with Pink headphones. Grandma Katy made Cookie Monster and then she fine tuned her art and made a "Little Hot Pink Riding Hood", HAHA!
Click Here for Video of our Clay Animation (Muscle Man with Pink Headphones - fight over Lolipop Girl with Cookie Monster)
Erik also loved playing on their magnetic wall. He got to create a masterpiece of art! We enjoyed a brief lunch break consisting of hotdogs & milk out in the Zeum cafe while listening to the carousel music. Erik of course was busy trying to chase or catch the pigeons.
Last but not least, Mummy, Daddy, and somewhat Erik also got to be singers in their digital green room studio! We sang "twinkle twinkle little star" and also "old macdonald had a farm" but by this time Erik was wiped out and wanted a much needed nap! Before our stage time though, Erik dawned on a purple cowboy hat ready for his Old MacDonald rendition in the green screen but a couple of older tweeners took their sweet time. So Erik's attention span was done and just wanted to nap. Mummy & Daddy had a good time though LOL
Click Here for Video of Ma Family singing Twinkle Twinkle and Old McDonald
Part I: POOL TIME
Mummy has been wanting to swim with Erik for a long time. However each time Mummy gets into the pool, all Erik wanted before was to nurse! SIGH! That totally put a damper in Erik's swim lessons with Daddy. So Mummy wanted to try again. As a result, we utilized the hotel's indoor pool.
The pool was as chilly as could be. C.O.L.D. was the word but Erik didn't mind at all. Mummy dressed Erik in his TYR thermal suit, hoping it'll help him from feeling cold. Mummy was literally freezing after the first couple of steps into the wading pool of 3 1/2 feet deep! Brrrrr! Meanwhile Erik was super jazzed to be able to swim with Mummy, he could hardly contain himself and let out a much excited scream. HAHA!
Erik then jumped in feet first and did a big splash to Mummy and it was all good fun! Even Daddy joined in after a little bit and was complaining about the ice cold water! But Erik didn't want to get out and we had to coax him out of the pool.
Part II: PARK TIME
It was still mid-morning so Daddy & Mummy decided to take advantage that we're in the city and take Erik to the Metreon outdoor park. There Daddy thought Erik would slide around the gigantic metal slides but instead, Erik was really into the climbing structures! Good gosh, it had Daddy worry about.
For Erik, it's "safety first", somewhat. He'd ask Mummy "Hold Me, I climb" the monkey bars/dome. So okay, Mummy is supposed to be his buddy. But eh, Mummy is short and once he reached way past Mummy's height and can't hold Erik any more...he still continues. Eek! Thus Daddy had to climb fast to intervene. Good gosh, Erik can be a dare-devil, definitely not from Mummy!
Erik went on the gigantic metal slide only once and then was hooked on the Yerba Buena guide who was juggling. The guide's name was Jeremy, the same name as one of Erik's buddies. So when Mummy requests "give the [juggling] ball back to Jeremy", Erik would search the yard and ask "where's Jeremy?" and we'd have to point him to the guide! HAHA! Cute!
Erik learned out to "catch" juggling balls from the guide. It was great. Put your hands together and wait for the ball. And he caught it LOL. He had lots of fun as the guide was entertaining a handful of kids and paying lots of attention to them. Great Fun! Of course, Erik also loved the metal xylophone and he even SHARED one of the music stick to another child. That was worth celebrating for a 2 year old!
Part III: TECH TIME
It was near to already lunch time. We decided to visit the next door ZEUM, a non-profit multimedia arts and technology museum. Honestly, Mummy & Daddy visited this place before the park to check out the admission prices and asked whether there were appropriate activities for Erik. The guest services said it was really recommended for ages 6 - 12 but there are some preschool activities as well. So we went to the park and wasn't sure.
Then after the park, Erik again ran for the xylophone outside the museum so we decided to give it a try!! Were we surprised! It was a lot of fun for all of us, Erik included (plus he's a FREEBIE).
They have a small Toddler Tech Area where light switches control 2 different cameras. Erik loves playing telephone so the area also mounted an older style telephone (70's, pre cellphone) and he was able to play a lot.
We also visited their sound studio where Mummy & Erik got to create our own digital music looper. Erik picked out all the instruments and Mummy just dragged it onto the computer. It was very cool! We saw that Erik likes the Bass and Drums. He'll even pick a little icon of the piano, hee hee!
Erik.wma - Click on the WMA file to here our creation!
Daddy & Grandma Katy went into the Animation Studio where they can create CLAY models and make their own film, similar to Wallace and Grommet! Mummy tried her hand at it as well and made a "Lollipop Girl" which Erik wanted to lick (Mummy thinks he was successful at licking at it too!). Erik also contributed and decorated a clay ball with eyes and mouth as his character. So cute! Daddy made a cool looking "Muscle Man" with Pink headphones. Grandma Katy made Cookie Monster and then she fine tuned her art and made a "Little Hot Pink Riding Hood", HAHA!
Click Here for Video of our Clay Animation (Muscle Man with Pink Headphones - fight over Lolipop Girl with Cookie Monster)
Erik also loved playing on their magnetic wall. He got to create a masterpiece of art! We enjoyed a brief lunch break consisting of hotdogs & milk out in the Zeum cafe while listening to the carousel music. Erik of course was busy trying to chase or catch the pigeons.
Last but not least, Mummy, Daddy, and somewhat Erik also got to be singers in their digital green room studio! We sang "twinkle twinkle little star" and also "old macdonald had a farm" but by this time Erik was wiped out and wanted a much needed nap! Before our stage time though, Erik dawned on a purple cowboy hat ready for his Old MacDonald rendition in the green screen but a couple of older tweeners took their sweet time. So Erik's attention span was done and just wanted to nap. Mummy & Daddy had a good time though LOL
Click Here for Video of Ma Family singing Twinkle Twinkle and Old McDonald
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