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Last week Luke had his 11th surgery and once again my mom came to the rescue. She is always there when I need her. Luke is doing well and has fully recovered from the surgery last week. We had to spend the night at the hospital which, of course, isn't fun for anyone, but after he came home he seemed to recover quite quickly. While mom was here we were able to do some fun things with the kids. There is a great science center which is near the USC campus about 20 minutes from where we live (without traffic of course). The best part about it is IT'S FREE! The kids had a lot of fun learning about bugs, animals, frogs, senses, sound and other science related things. They really liked the discovery room which is made for kids between the ages of 3-7. Ben got to hold and touch a cock roach! Yuck! We also took a trip to the Santa Monica Pier with Ben and Luke. Jimmy was at school that day. I was sad that he missed out on it, but the great thing about where we live is we can go back any time we want! It was a fun day.
As soon as she put the giant cock roach into Ben's hand he immediately threw it back into her hand as you can see. Good thing they have a hard shell because he could have done some damage to the helpless bug by the impact of his throw. After he gave it back to her he wasn't done though. He was still very curious about it and kept touching it. Jimmy, on the other hand, ran into the computer room next door and hid behind the door. He wanted nothing to do with the nasty bug. Can't say I blame him. He said it's "yucky." 
Here is Ben sitting with Grandma on a bench at the pier overlooking the ocean. It smelled like fish!
Ben got to ride on the ferris wheel with me and he had so much fun. I thought he might be scared because it was so high but he loved it.
Here is the view of the Pier and the ocean from the top of the ferris wheel.
As soon as she put the giant cock roach into Ben's hand he immediately threw it back into her hand as you can see. Good thing they have a hard shell because he could have done some damage to the helpless bug by the impact of his throw. After he gave it back to her he wasn't done though. He was still very curious about it and kept touching it. Jimmy, on the other hand, ran into the computer room next door and hid behind the door. He wanted nothing to do with the nasty bug. Can't say I blame him. He said it's "yucky." 
Here is Ben sitting with Grandma on a bench at the pier overlooking the ocean. It smelled like fish!
Ben got to ride on the ferris wheel with me and he had so much fun. I thought he might be scared because it was so high but he loved it.
Here is the view of the Pier and the ocean from the top of the ferris wheel.
5 comments:
I am glad Luke is alright! What a wonderful Mom! What would we do without them?!
I love Santa Monica! Last time we went to the pier there was this bubble guy that had made all these gismos for making bubbles. The kids loved it!
I am glad everything went okay again. That is hard I am sure. Your mom looks great, I haven't seen her forever.
So much fun! Glad you guys are doing well. Your boys are so cute, and I can imagine how much fun they create!
That roach looks quite familiar--oh yes, we have many of them during and Spring and Summer here. They live and grow on the big trees outside, then come into the house when it gets too hot for them. (It still freaks me out when I see them.)
How fun to spend time with your mom! Your kids are so cute!
I am glad Luke is doing well!! Its great your Mom was able to come and help out!! It looks like a good visit! Take good care!
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