As promised, a plethora of pictures of the road trip we took on Sunday.
This weekend's journey was to EdVenture - the children's museum in Columbia, S.C.
First we ventured into the World of Work, where Drew got to don his fireman's coat and drive the firetruck.
Some snotty little kid kept telling me to get Drew out of "his seat" - but I told him I didn't think he was fireman material and that maybe he should go check out the Trailer Park Manager room.
Drew enjoyed the firetruck, although I think the sirens got on his nerves.
We decided to try a line of work that involved a little less bluster and fanfare....
Driving a John Deere seemed to suit him fine. He is a country boy, after all.
There were a lot of levers and gears and pedals for him to explore on the tractor - it took a lot of strength to keep him from hurling himself from the seat in his efforts to reach everything.
I would have had his Dad hold him while I took pictures, but every time I attempted to use the digital camera, it grew claws and teeth and tried to bite me. (which sounds better than saying all my pictures were mysteriously, blurrily out of focus for no discernable reason.)
Leaving the World of Work, we decided it was time to relax a bit in My Backyard - an area of the museum reserved for children under 3.
When Drew is placed in unfamiliar settings with all sorts of new and exciting objects, his pointing finger is always at the ready, just in case it's needed.
I told Charles we need one of these fake stumps in our living room. We could plop Drew in it and leave him there while we played computer games. More fun, and sturdier, than a playpen!
(don't look at me like that - if you have children, you know you've considered something like this, too.)
I don't recall what room this was, but Drew made us take him on this slide approximately four hundred and thirteen times.
I lost count at some point. It could have been less.
Towards the end of our adventure - in the Goldilocks and the Three Bears area, Drew decided this little chair was just right.