Playseum

 Today we went back to one of my favorite places, Eastern Market. This painting was on the side of a building and I thought it was neat...

   After we browsed around, we ate lunch and took Finn to a wonderful place. The Children's Playseum has 18 different rooms set up in a typical big city theme.  Here is Finn in Chinatown...  

 Here he is taking orders for pizza at the pizza parlor...

Here he is cooking the pizza...

 Here he is shopping at the market...

 Riding a fire truck out by the Jefferson Memorial...

 Shooting some hoops...

 Here he is lining up the balls, pretending they are planets ...

 

Here he is at the bakery.  You buy the children money to spend. It is money that is their size (equal exchange rate).  He used three dollars to make a mud pie.   Anyone who knows me well , knows that I am a bit particular about all things Finn.  The one thing I have not eased up on is food color. I don't like it and I really try to avoid it like the plague.   The options were to decorate a cupcake or make a mud pie. Tosh and I thought that the mud pie would be the "lesser of the evils."  The kids would get to load the cupcakes up with a large assortment of candies (not that the mud pie was made of carrots or anything, but a little chocolate never killed anyone). 

The girl told a cute story as they made the pies...

 Finn was one excited little boy...

 Tosh and I both looked at each other when they pulled out the M&M's, also known as the flowers.   Then they got to sprinkle blue (BLUE!!! BLUE #1) sugar on top for rain.   Don't forget the gummy worm...

 The girl asked Finn if he wanted a cloud and he said, "I wanna spoon."   He got one...

 This turned out to be a cute idea. I think when I get home, I will modify this recipe and do it with Finn and his friends.  I can't imagine why,but It  turned out that Finn was a little bit of a nut case this evening.  I suppose it is okay once in a blue (#1) moon.

Finn really liked the room with all the dolls. He picked up a barbie and said, "mama." Just before I could be flattered, he picked up the second barbie and said, "daddy."   

 Finn posing by "Jefferson" as he calls it...

 Here he is working on a couple of projects in the art room...

It was a great time.  We were there over four hours.  It was a great way to spend a rainy Sunday.