Children's Museum

I watched my sister's girls Thursday to Friday while my sister and her husband were out of town. I knew it was a free day at a Children's Museum a half hour away and so I decided to take the kids. I didn't tell them where we were going until we got there. It wasn't as big as I expected it to be. The kids weren't as entertained as I thought they'd be either. After about 15 minutes they were saying they were ready to go. But once we found the art room they were all much more happy. There were several different thins they could do in there.

Sam, Kimber, Alli in the boat and Jack watching. Once I pulled out the camera he got out of the boat and wouldn't get back in. The girls were much more cooperative :)

This is Alli in the art room. She's drawing on a window with markers. The kids liked this for awhile. The markers wiped off really easily with a wet rag.

Jack and Alli with there creation. Although it was mostly built before they got there.

Sam with her block tower. She played with the blocks for awhile. She had to build the tower twice because two little boys knocked over her first tower. Luckily she's easy going and didn't get upset at the kids... it could help that she has a little sister and two little cousins who have probably done the same thing.

Kimber, Jordan, Alli coloring at an easel. This was Jordan's favorite place. He liked to grab the markers then pull the lids off them. He didn't get to stay here very long... since he got marker on his lips and hands but not at all on any paper. (and yes Jordan is still in him pajamas and Alli's shirt is on backwards.... this is just what happens when I have to wake up and get up way earlier then I want and also what happens when a 3 year old dresses herself :))

So the kids did have fun but weren't too sad when we left. It definitely is only worth going on a free day. I think the girls' favorite part of the stay was taking about an hour long bubble bath. (I enjoyed that time too... I was able to be on the computer for awhile while they played. 5 kids who don't all nap leave you with much less free time than two kids who take a nap at the same time everyday.) When they were getting out Kimber asked how long they'd been in and I told her about an hour and she said that's the longest bath they've ever taken usually they just are in for 15 minutes. When I was doing Alli's hair after she got out of the bath (another big differece between having boys and girls, it takes much longer to do hair... but Sam wanted silly hair so I enjoyed doing hers. I didn't think to take a picture. Too bad) she told me she was glad that I stayed with them while her parents were in California. And I was thinking maybe she liked how I was doing her hair or she had had fun today, but then she said we wouldn't want to stay here by ourselves. At least she appreciated me :)