Clifford the Big Red Dog

The Children's Discovery Museum has a new addition this year, Clifford the Big Red Dog.  We just love Clifford, so what a great chance to explore new adventures.

Check out the cute little car displayed at the opening of the exhibit.

Driving a tractor with a buddy is always fun. 

Gathering of bones for Clifford's food bowl.

Examining how the cartoon character was made.

Four little kiddos playing puppy dress-up.

























A few of our little puppies are getting away.

Come back little puppy, come back.

Ah-ha, little puppy, I spot you there on the tube.

Now on to the restaurant. 


The cashier is working hard.

Here is a cook and a customer.  Time to cook up some nummy food. 

The kids are shouting out food orders so the customers don't leave.  


Tacos, hotdogs, pizza....come and get it!

Someone found a quiet reading corner to enjoy a good book on a bone bench.

Here comes mailman Riley around the corner.  




Mail please.









After all our Clifford Fun, we explored the rest of the museum.  

Water play

Dinosaur Fun

Fire Truck Exploration

We wrapped up our day with a lunch and a run across the field to the very cool bronze animal sculptures.  

 The fox was a little too hot to sit on.  

 It was so much fun hanging out with PattyKakesKidz this week at the

Children's Discovery Museum.
Next week: 
De Anza Planetarium and Youth Science Institute in Vasona Park.

Fire, Fire, Fire

Ha ha, now that I got your attention, no fires here!
I took the kidz on a fieldtrip to San Jose Fire Department #6.  They were so excited to learn about fire fighters and their jobs.  Where they live, eat and what they wear.  I also wanted to demystify the scary uniforms so the children knew never to be afraid of a firefighter.  Check us out and all we learned:

Our group arrived and we waited patiently for the tour to begin.  

The kids listened as the fire fighter explained the job of protecting and serving our community.

We were taken to a room and showed the locations of all fire stations on a map.  Wow, there are lots of them out there.  Glad we have these guys to protect us.

We were then told about how long they had to stay and live at their jobs.  We went into their relaxing room and saw

art work on the wall of New York's Finest Fire Fighters.

We then headed out to see the real fire truck.

 
One by one we entered the fire truck and sat to listen about a description of what was in there.  Then we were taken out on the other side.  Wow, now that was fun!

Next one firefighter came in full gear and talked about his uniform.  He showed the kids how the oxygen tank worked and sounded so they wouldn't be afraid.  His uniform weighed over 70 lbs, and that's not including the tools in his pockets.

At the end of the tour, we were given sticker badges and we all got to take pictures of our heroes, the fire fighters of station #6.

Just another great day with PattyKakesKidz and their friends who joined us from Tanya's Learning Garden.

A big thank you to 

San Jose Fire Dept. of Station #6

Great week!

My posts are not always on one general idea.  There are times when the collective nature of our days blend into a great week.  This is one of those weeks.  So, looky here at some fun things we were up to.

We explore "dress up day" every Wednesday!  I played with a vintage app here when

photographing our little Fairy.

We are raising silkworms.  We have over 50 cocoons.  Did you know each moth can lay up to 1500 eggs. Anyone want some silkworm eggs? LOL

We had a "round up" day.  Check out our horses we made and corralled. 

We went bike riding.

We went rock climbing in Ortega Park.

We discovered caterpillars in Willow Glen Park.

We finished up last week's Mother's Day gift, made the letter Z out of Zippers, made a "rectangle" collage, and so much more.  The learning and fun never stops.  It's now time for summer plans and summer fieldtrips.  I can't wait to share more, from PattyKakesKidz to all of you.
Peace, love, and learning.