Tree House Children's Museum

Today (Wednesday, June 20) we all went to the Tree House Children's Museum and had a blast...as usual. :o) We have a family membership becuase it just makes sense with all of our wee ones. (ok, so some aren't so "wee")


At first I wasn't too amused, I mean, I was just sitting there watching some of the girls color their craft. I decided to get out the video camera and do some filming of the children.


Catelynn was playing in the music room...so I broke out the camera and started a silly documentary that soon took on a life of it's own.

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After filming Catelynn perform a rousing rendition of Hot Cross Buns I enlisted her and together we went on the hunt for fun and interesting happenings with the wild animals we live with.

Our first stop was the man-cubs in the computer garden...they were hypnotized by the powerful spell of those wicked magical little boxes and therefore not very captivating so we moved on to see if we could spot the rare Kaylee, the elusive Eliana, the amazing Karlie, or the wonderous Gabriel.

It wasn't long before off in the distance, in the tree, we spotted signs of the amazing--and QUICK--Karlie, who noticed our presence and excaped our voyeurism. We began a pursuit when all of a sudden the wonderous Gabriel came prancing by, he was quite difficult to communicate with yet we did persist in our endevor to learn more about him and his activities within the Tree House.

It took some time--a little time--and our wonderous Gabriel became domesticated enough to join us in our search for the remain three spectacles.

Our journey took us through the homes of China, Germany, England, took us to Mexico where we caught our first undetected glimpes of the elusive Eliana, rare Kaylee, and amazing Karlie ALL TOGETHER at once! It was a momentous and quite excited experience indeed. We were able to observe their behaviors unnoticed for a short period of time before we went in for further detailed study.

The rare Kaylee was the last to take notice of our presence and--surprisingly--the least shy of the three. The rare Kaylee was curious about us as well, curious enough to get so close I could tap her head with the camera...boy was it exciting!

The elusive Eliana remained pensive, staying in the back ground disappearing without a trace.

Our amazing Karlie showed little sign of amicable interaction, she simple stood there watching us awaiting the moment of her escape.

It happened before we could blink, as quickly as we had found the them, they were gone.

Off we ran!

We sought out the country of Kenya where we saw brown and tan scenery with lions and monkeys. At one point, a very scary and shocking moment in time, a monkey fought for its territory attacking Catelynn viciously when all of a sudden the Gabriel came to her rescue. Together Gabriel and Catelynn bravely fought the monkey...then the elusive Eliana came on the scene and joined the battle. We were taken up with this battle to such a degree we didn't notice the approach of a huge lion. Just victory was apparent with the monkey on the floor, the elusive Eliana was attacked by the lion!

The lion just threw itself upon the Eliana--right at her head!

We had to pause our documentary for a moment due to the troubling sight before us.

Once we had composed ourselves and the commotion was settled we returned to our persuit of the rare Kaylee and the amazing Karlie.

We traveled to England where we were able to enjoy a small sabbatical and make sure all was well with each of us. Incredibly, there in the British Isles we spotted the rare Kaylee, she just waltzed right up to us, looked us in the face, and then ran off with the amazing Karlie on her heals.

Again we made our way to the house of China were the elusive Eliana and Catelynn commenced in primitive interaction resembling play. It was a gleeful, carefree moment to remember.

Sadly to report, it was at this time the wonderous Gabriel was eaten by a large fish. EATEN! There it was, a big red striped fish with Gabriel's head in its mouth. Fortunately, Catelynn was able to pull the fish off and the Gabriel was able to run free. Whew! It was an intense moment for sure.

We resumed our expedition to find the amazing Karlie and the rare Kaylee. Catelynn and I made way to the wilderness, surrounded by wild trees we became a wee bit leery and a bit disturbed by the elusive Eliana, she was oddly everywhere we were now. Could it be that the elusive Eliana is so "elusive" because everyone mistakely believes that they are on the hunt for an Eliana when, in fact, the Eliana is hunting THEM? We ran and ran, quickly--as fast as we could go--through the trees, up the mountains to the high land and hid ourselves and best we could.

Not long into our hiding from the Eliana we came across the path of the cutest cub known to modern man; a MYKAYELA Bear. Cute as they are, they are not without boundaries and aren't readily receptive to strangers so our observation was made at a slight distance. It was heart-stopping!

Recovering from our awe, we notices a bolt of lightening to our left. It wasn't really lightening, it was a streak from our rare Kaylee running through the trees. Catelynn sprang into action as I struggled to pull myself together and join the race. By the time I approached Catelynn--who had unwittingly attracted that Eliana--the Kaylee was long gone.

Our time had expired. It was time to go back into the studio and work on a new story. We had experienced some exciting and wonderful things while on our voyage throughout the wild world, yet there was a small bit of disappointment not having been able to learn and interact more with the Kaylee or the Karlie.

As we were in the process of concluding our show; reminding the viewers that wild Karlies, Kaylees, Elianas, and Gabriels do not make good house pet--no matter how cute they are, we were stalked and attacked by that untamed Eliana.

It was a close call, scary and extreme, but we made it out unharmed..............barely. I think that Eliana knows were we live...there have been times I just know I see her lurking around!

If you are planning to visit the Tree House Children's Museum, BE WARE, you may be lulled into a trap planted by a wild child yourself! ;o)