Guess where I am??

Hi everybody!
It's me, Julien the Toddler!
Here I am ringing a big bell! Can you guess where I am??
Ding dong!

As you can see from the picture... I'm ringing the bell!

Fortunately, the hammer is sized perfectly for my hands!

Finally, I'm waving Bye Bye to the bell! After all, I got such joy from ringing the bell, so I wanted to say Farewell to the bell!

Have you guessed where I am? OK I'll tell you.
This is at The Discovery Museum, on May 19! Yes, the place with the train & boat room, the Tonka trucks, and other fun spots. There's a hiking trail with this fantastic bell.
Who would have guessed that I'm at a Museum???
This was towards the end of our adventures with Zealand, when we all took a short hike and then I wanted to ring the bell while Zealand and his mommy trekked onwards.
I rang the bell, then we caught up with Zealand.
Fun times! Like I said before, we look forward to returning to The Discovery Museum.
Love,
Julien!

Racing Tonka Trucks on 5/19/11 at Discovery Museum!

Hi everybody!
It's me, Julien the Toddler!
I'm really 2 years old. Thank you all for your sweet birthday wishes. I really appreciate it!
I wanted to share some more pictures and adventures from our visit at the Discovery Museum on May 19, 2011. This is almost a month ago, with our friends Zealand and his mommy Chelsea. Incidentally Zealand has just become a big brother - now he has a baby sister named Avery! So big congratulations to Zealand and his parents and of course to Avery! That's so exciting.
Anyway back to the Discovery Museum - they have a platform with a ramp and Tonka trucks. The Tonka trucks are for everyone to share, very fun!
So Zealand and I, along with some other toddlers, rode with the Tonka trucks.
Here are some fun pictures!
Here I am with a Tonka truck, heading downhill. Meanwhile, Zealand and another boy are with their own Tonka trucks, and they are going uphill!

Oh dear... will there be a collision?

But fortunately there is no collision because Zealand and the other boy parted as I descended and they ascended.

In fact, as you can see, Zealand ascended quite quickly... and this sets the tone for our next scene! Meanwhile, I'm heading to the bottom of the ramp.

This was a lot of fun!
Here's a set of pictures where we are all at the top of the ramp, all planning to descend. Although we are not racing with each other, we all are trying to move fast, since we're all active boy toddlers! As you can see, I'm "Caught in the Middle" between Zealand and the other boy. And yes, that was for you, DOJ!
"Even though I'm with someone new
All I can think about is you
And now I'm caught,
Caught in the middle"
A1 (yes, that's for my daddy! Remember, he likes to turn me upside down and then get turned upside down in his Pilates class - classic whackjob daddy!)

But as you can see, Zealand has already moved downhill very quickly, much faster than me, but even more faster than the other boy!

And again I must emphasize that we weren't in an official race. Still, I was very happy for Zealand as he had his victory roar. He deserves it!

And these are just some examples of our Tonka adventures at The Discovery Museum! Very excellent and fun. There really is no way I would have this fun if not for Zealand introducing this place to me. I look forward to returning there!
Thanks again to Zealand and Chelsea for introducing us to The Discovery Museum!
love,
Julien

Discovering the Discovery Museum!

Hi everybody!
It's me, Julien the Toddler!
On Thursday May 19, I went to the Discovery Museum in Sausalito with Zealand. DOJ and Chelsea (Zealand's mommy) drove us there, and we got to sit in the back seat of the vehicle, each of us in our car seats. It was very fun because we chatted and laughed a lot together while our parents did the hard work of driving us.
I've never been to the Discovery Museum, but it's pretty amazing. It's a lot bigger than The Randall Museum, where I've also had a lot of fun. There are several rooms with fun exhibits, as well as a great outdoor area with fun stuff.

Here I am in The Marine Room. I'm not sure if it's actually called The Marine Room, but it has a lot of marine theme fun, as well as a big train display. You can see me on a boat, ringing a bell. The boat is so realistic that it even rocks, so we feel like we're on the water, even though this boat is inside a room.

Zealand was also on the boat, and we chased each other. First he chased me, but later I chased him. We have a lot of fun running in circles.

Here we are in a fun tunnel that's very marine themed! The tunnel is tall enough so that we could actually run if we wanted - and there is also an aquarium that we admired in this picture. DOJ had a tougher time in the tunnel, because he could only crawl - he's so tall that he couldn't stand and run in it the way we can.

I had a lot of fun pretending to be a seafood purveyor.

I even got to help unload crab and lobster from a net!
After the Marine room, we actually went to other parts of the Discovery Museum. I got to have fun and get wet in the Wave room, which is very scientific - there was a lot of focus on water waves. Then I had fun in an outdoor waterfall area, where I got really wet. It was a sunny day so I didn't need to change out of my wet clothes right away.
We also ran into Tatum (and her brother Landon and their mommy Melissa), who is in our playgroup. We all ran about in the room with faux lily pads, which were so bouncy - it was just like being on a water bed. Or maybe it *was* a water bed, but floor level.
There was also a ramp where I could race trucks, but that will be another blog post.
We ended our visit (which lasted about 3 or so hours) in the Discovery Museum Shop, which has a nice train table. Actually there are 2 train tables! So Zealand and I got to play with the trains. You may notice that I'm wearing a different outfit, and it was nice and dry.

Zealand and I have a lot of fun together, but sometimes with the trains we have fun playing near each other but we'll be doing different things.

Trains are pretty amazing.

Hopefully this train table will encourage my parents to make enhancements with our current train set up at home!
Anyway overall I really loved going to The Discovery Museum with Zealand, and I look forward to returning there, with Zealand or other friends, or just with either or both of my parents. It's a very fun place.
Thank you so much Zealand for introducing this gem to me.
Love,
Julien the Toddler