Thursday, March 31, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Kansas City Weekend
We decided to surprise the kids this past weekend with a 2 day get-away to Kansas City. Here are some of the highlights!
Of course the kids were so wound up when we got to the hotel on Friday night that they didn't get to sleep until almost 10pm and then were up ready to go by 6:15 the next morning. We started out our day on Saturday at a place called Kaleidoscope, a free craft studio where kids can let their creative juices flow with card making, painting, cutting, taping, and much more. Maia was in heaven!
Matt and Caden painting a picture frame.
A look at the studio.
Maia turning the wheel on a puzzle maker. She drew a picture on a piece of cardboard and this machine turned it into a puzzle.
For lunch we went to a burger joint called Fritz's. You order your food on a phone from your booth and then little trains running on tracks above you deliver the food to your table. No need for books and crayons to keep kids occupied in this restaurant because watching the trains is enough.
Conductor Maia keeping an eye on an incoming train.
And our food is delivered!
A look at the train and tracks.
So just before this picture was taken, Caden was riding on Matt's shoulders. He asked to get down and then ran to catch up with Maia and tucked his little hand into his sister's. Although Maia and Caden love each other dearly, this isn't a super common scene in our home so we just had to get a picture of this. Usually Maia and Caden are chasing or wrestling, so this little scene of tenderness melted our hearts.
We then headed over to Science City where we were greeted by this not so friendly dinosaur.
Showing off my balancing skills! Actually the bricks suspended from the bike did all the balancing for me!
A little physics lesson.
Caden landing the space shuttle.
Look at that golf form!
Maia taking a little rest with the turtles.
Maia and a green iguana having a face-off.
Maia sporting some glasses she made at the art studio.
