Impression 5, a Third Visit, in as Many Weeks

For Emily and William's first Friday of summer, we went to Impression 5, again!  Grace asked if we could invite Heleena, and since she lives so close, and there would be no additional cost, since we can bring guests, I said yes, and Heleena came along with us!  

I had also invited Avia, at the time she was unsure of her schedule, but she was able to join us too!  We missed Alice who still has another week of school left!!!

We arrived twenty minutes early, and the parking lot was empty! They were playing four corners while waiting.

Emily got a little wet. oops.

The bubble room was pretty empty, and by 1030, we realized that there were no field trips there.  So, the kids were there with only a smattering of other little kids and their caregivers!

William spent 80% of his visit in the bubble room!

My mom had parked and walked to meet us, anticipating a full parking lot, so she and Emily left for a while to explore the downtown path and get her car before the parking meter ran out.

We went to two pop up events.  The first was finger printing, which they thought was okay.  They enjoyed the fish building way more!

I told them that if a small child came over, they had to immediately stop and surrender the space to the  one for whom the space is designed. They played longer than I thought they would, and no little kids came over while they were there.

Juliet blew a bubble...

...and William caught it!

William made a 'snowman.'

By 1230 everyone was winding down, so once Emily got back, we loaded up the car to go home.

It was a nice change for the twins to have a friend along, and they enjoyed getting to stay until they were done!  I think it will be a few weeks before we go back again, but that's the fun thing about summer, you just never know!

After we dropped off Heleena, I took the kids to pick out donuts for national donut day!  QD had their donuts on sale for $1 each!  This is the pile that made it back home, with one for Daddy and one for Alice since they were still at work and school.  The pickings were pretty slim, but we were all just happy to have something.

I'm glad we did a 'stay until you're done day' without Alice, because she prefers events that have an end time, and so the next time we go, it should be easier for everyone to be happy!

later days

edit 6-8-25: backdated for continuity.

Impression 5, Again

Since Alice, Emily, and William were all still in school, the twins and I thought it would be a good time to head back to Impression 5.  With this visit, our membership has now been 'paid off.'  In that the number of tickets we've used, and the cost of the membership are now equal. So, every future visit will be 'free.'

We arrived just before 930, and there were already busses in the parking area.

We made a beeline for the bubble room, the water was being refilled for the day when we got to there, and was still warm as they played!  The girls got to play alone for 10 minutes or so before the groups made their way back.

They got to play long enough that they 'mastered' the bubble pull!  The bubbles would stay long enough for me to snap several pictures!

Once the field trips made it back to the bubble room, we went on to explore other areas, then paused for a very early lunch.  I think it was 1030. lol.

After lunch, we went to a 'pop-up' activity.  They were making dino footprints in air dry clay!

And some more dino drawings.

A tri-triceratops sticker!  The girls decided that they didn't want to have to fight all of the field trip kids anymore, and that we could come back another day.  When we got back to the car, Billy called to see if we wanted to have lunch.  So, we met him at Burger King.

Our final errand of the day was to stop at the ice cream shop to try and get Grace's sundae, but not only weren't they open, but they didn't even have her paper in the window next to the other schools!  This is our 'disappointment' picture.

It was a pretty relaxing day, and a nice first Friday of summer for the twins!

later days

edit 6-8-25: backdated for continuity