We read about an “Open Cockpits Day” at the Hiller Aviation Museum and we thought that it would be an interesting place for Grandpa and the boys, so we made a drive up this morning.  It was a fascinating place with many many airplanes and helicopters from the past century.  Several of the cockpits were open for us to hop in; we sat in a Blue Angels, a couple of helicopters, a small plane and a Boeing.  We, especially Connor, enjoyed pretending that we were the pilots; sometimes it took some convincing before he parted from the seats.  The boys and I did not learn much history from today, but definitely had fun browsing around and seeing all the cool planes.  The grandparents enjoyed the visit as well with Grandpa able to talk aircraft shop with some of the workers presenting the exhibits.

     While we were at the museum, Connor became very attached to Grandma.  He wanted to hold her hand to walk around the planes and wanted to be held by her at times too.  For naptime at home, he even wanted to sleep with Grandma.  He is definitely making Grandma very happy.

     Another interesting thing today was while we were eating out at an Italian restaurant, Logan was quite into drawing with crayons.  He drew things on demand, like houses, robot, bicycle, airplane, and of course, he finished them up with some explosions at the end.  His drawings were definitely much nicer than before, and he was more patient at it too.  He even asked to return to drawing after eating.  By the time we left, he had put beautiful colors on three full placemats.  The new school seems to have brought out the artist in him.