Saturday, December 31, 2011

Texas Trip Part 6: Museum Day

The day after Christmas, we went to a FABULOUS museum in Waco with Jason & Mindi (and their kids), Mindi's dad ("Da") and sister Lynnae (and her kids), and Rachel and Brandon (and their kids). It was seriously the coolest museum ever, and we spent a fun few hours there.

Da & Lynnae tossing David around:


Lynnae and Grace, on our way to the kids area (so bummed this picture was blurry!):


There was SO MUCH fun stuff for the kids to do! There was:

An animal section, with bunnies, reptiles, fishes, and more:


Lots of fun shapes to climb on:


A newscaster area:
Jason and Travis telling us about the wonderful weather in Waco :)


A writing area (with hieroglyphics, braille, and other stations), which was of course Grace's favorite. We had to pry her away (kicking and screaming) so we could see the rest of the museum!


Kids vehicle area:
Grace has a couple toy buses which she LOVES, so getting to drive her very own big bus was a real treat!


Taking a radio call in the police cruiser too :)


A kitchen area:
Another of Grace's favorite toys are her shopping cart and kitchen, so this area was also a favorite. I just love this picture. Open wide! :)


A bubble/water room:
Travis showing off his amazing bubble skills:


Grace could play in water all day long; as you can guess, we spent a lot of time in this room.




There was a super cool contraption that allowed you to pull a bubble up around yourself. Awesome, huh?!
Here's David in the bubble:


And Grace:


The museum was so much fun, it wore Bethany out ;)




(Proof that I was at the museum too:)


Music room:


Grace loves microphones or any spaces that echo, so she had a BLAST with this homemade microphone:


Air room:
It was SO funny to watch her put the balls over the air blower and take them off. She loved it!


Reach for it...


A tea party room:
Grace has a couple of tea sets at home, and enjoyed working with these big tea party set ups. (She loves helping set the table at home now too, and does a great job of it!)


An international room, with music instruments and dress up clothes:


A pioneer room:
Grace and Kaden driving the wagon:








And last, but not least, a couple of super neat train sets:


We had a great time!


After the museum (and saying farewell to Rachel and Brandon :( ), we headed over to Da's house, where we had a pizza party and hung out for a few hours before we went back to Jason and Mindi's.
It was a great day!

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