Choo choos

This weekend we needed to go to Target, so we took an old street car to get there and Bart to get back. 

Stanley felt it was a requirement for him to hold the handle in the Bart train. They are so dirty that I don't hold them, but we couldn't say no to such a cute thing.

Definitely a little city boy. 

One man band

Our little 'One man band'.

Enjoy the concert.

I'm not sure opera is often sung with a ukulele, but since he doesn't have an orchestra, he is being resourceful.

Class

Today it was raining for the first time in ~7  months, so Stanley and Wheeler were spending lots of time at the library. Apparently a school class came in with their teacher. The teacher taught lots of fun things and told stories. Stanley and Wheeler wanted to join too. The teacher included the two little boys in the scarf dancing and drawing activity. In the picture, it definitely looks like "two of these things do not belong", but it was nice of the older kids to share their fun library time with the little boys.

Discovery museum

Stanley and I went to the Discovery museum with David and Jenny. We had a great time. Earlier in the weekend, Stanley had wanted to see "fish" which means he wanted to go to the California Academy of Sciences. He knows now that the fish sleep on Saturday so that we can see them on Sunday when the museum is open to member's only and much quieter. 

Stanley was bit surprised when we ended up not at the California Academy of Sciences, but instead at a new musuem. However, he got his full of wonderful adventures and got to play with fish. 

Below Stanley and David dressed up as sea lions and went around sleeping in different caves.

 

For little kids, they have a section with lots of fake fish and frogs in water. Stanley just loved to have the fish swim in the water and sometime even in the plants. He also enjoyed having his fish fly like an airplane. Since Steve comes to visit on airplanes, Stanley is obsessed with anything that flies.

The boys also enjoyed playing lots of music at the museum. It was a fun event.

Opera

Stanley and I had a great time at the opera's family day. Stanley still enjoys hearing me sing my version of opera...I don't share it with anyone else. 

We even got front row during the sing along section. 

Front and center. 

Later Stanley showed his 'paarty hat' that he made to Wheeler. 

Talking

Stanley really likes talking and having stories. Every night Julia tells him a story that has to start with "once upon a time, there was a barn". After that the story can be about anything. 

Halloween

This year Stanley had a few choices for a Halloween costume...lion, dinosaur, cow. Instead he choose to be 'Stanley'