Mimi and Marshall Have a "Special Day"

Marshall's school doesn't start until after Labor Day, so the two of us headed to New Braunfels for what Marshall called, "Our Special Day." We were planning to go to Landa Park and ride the train, but got there only to find out the train is only operating on weekends and holidays now that school has started. Landa Park sure looked different than it did a few weeks ago when tubers filled the river. He wanted to take a water jug, then saw his visor, so he put that on, then as we were walking out the door, he said, "Wait, I need my sunglasses," and he ran to the kitchen drawer where he keeps them and put them on! We were off!

When we got in the car, he buckled up and began chanting, "OK, let's move it, move it, move it, Babeeee!" I laughed, and he repeated it many times until we got to New Braunfels, both of us laughing each time.Bear goes on all outings, but lately, Marshall has decided that he MUST be buckled in for safety. I takes him a while to do this process in the backseat between the two carseats, so I've started just taking Bear and putting him in the seat next to me. I am always instructed specifically to put his back feet BELOW the belt, and his front feet ABOVE the belt. Oh, and nothing else can be on the seat with him. My purse must be on the console between us! He always checks to make sure I do it correctly. This buckling passed inspection.

Since the train was not running, we went to the Children's Museum, which he loves. We had eaten an early lunch, so by 12:00, the place cleared out of all the other children and we had it virtually to ourselves! We will remember this on trips in the future. One of his favorite places there is the tool area, where he tinkered with lots of things. This is a working door bell that he is trying to fix.

He always loves the grocery store, but couldn't quite reach all the items he wanted! Here is looking for---what else---macaroni and cheese!He had the water area all to himself! He played here for about thirty minutes!

He even enjoyed the hospital nursery, because there wasn't a herd of girls playing there. Here, he is weighing a newborn baby. He had me dress one of the babies who was "naked."Here he is pretending to be sick. He got in the ambulance and told me to get in the driver's seat, turn on the lights, and drive him to the hospital, which I did. He actually looked and talked like he was pretty sick. Beware, Mom and Dad, he knows how to FAKE it, pretty well!!! After about two hours of museum time, running to the different areas, nonstop, we decided to head for home. He got very quiet when we got on IH 35, and I looked in the backseat and he was OUT! After we got home, he asked if he could take a bath. Little did I know the funniest part of the day was yet to come!! See below!

This is a little hard to see in this photo. He said, "Look Mimi, I can make DOUBLE BUBBLES!" He took his arm and rubbed it up and down his side and then slowly put his hands on his hips and the open area in between his body and his arms formed a huge bubble!! I said, "Marshall how did you learn how to do that?" He said, "Mommy taught me." When I asked her about this, she said, no, that he and Macy figured out how to do it accidentally one day! He was very proud of himself! This was the perfect ending to our "special day!" Thank you, Marshall, for another great memory! You make me laugh every time we're together!