A Trip to the Discovery Museum!

As promised, here is a recounting of our trip to the Children's Discovery Museum in Downtown San Jose, complete with pictures :)

As some of the older Stanton siblings began packing for a trip out to Colorado, Joel took the rest of his younger siblings on a little day trip. Trips to the Children's Discovery Museum have always formed a big part of growing up in the Stanton home and each of the Stanton kids have fond memories of spending the day here.

 The special exhibit for the summer was a Clifford exhibit.  As Clifford is a huge favorite among the little ones around here, excitement about seeing this wing of the Museum was high :)

As you enter the Museum, the first thing you see is a life-size replica of a city street with street lights, traffic lights, crosswalks, and a decommissioned fire engine and ambulance!  David loved pretending to drive the big vehicles...

"I think this valve should turn..." :)

Next we visited Bubble Fun!  David and Anna-Kate tried to make big bubbles.  After a while, they decided it was more fun to pop other people's bubbles instead.

Got one!

Me too!

To wash the soap suds off, we went to Water Ways to splish and splash around...

The yellow aprons are "supposed" to help little people stay dry...but of course, that's never what actually happens :)

Lots of plastic balls which
swirled and floated
through the
water provided
endless amusement

Outside in the sun...

Anna-Kate was the proud photographer of this picture!  After a little coaching, she got the hang of it pretty quick.

And last, but definitely not least, was the much anticipated exploration of the Clifford Exhibit!

David collecting and stacking Clifford size t-bones...

"I love Clifford, the Big Red Dog!"

As the afternoon waned, we headed back to the car.  David kept exclaiming how much fun he had that day.  A happy conclusion to a fun-filled day!

We hope you all enjoy these pictures! 
The Stantons

Coming Soon!!!!

Be on the lookout for a new post about our upcoming trip to the Children's Discovery Museum, complete with pictures!

Be the Best of Whatever You Are

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley — but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass —
But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here,
There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,
And the task you must do is the near.

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun be a star;
It isn't by size that you win or you fail —
Be the best of whatever you are!

by 

     Douglas Malloch

April Birthdays!

As you can see I am very behind in my birthday postings. However we have no birthdays in either May or June, so once I post the April birthdays we will be done till August.  We have several birthdays so I will list them in chronological order. Sarah turned 13 on April 7 (we now have 5 teens in the house), Dad turned (well I can't tell you how old he is) on the 15, and Sam turned 18 on the 24.  We were slightly remiss when it came to taking pictures so I have only a few to share.

Sarah wearing her brand new sunglasses

Dad at a conference we did in May (we don't have any pics of his birthday)

Sam preparing to blow out his candles