trip to the Children's Museum

We went back to Illinois after the 4th of July. We got to spend Marcus's birthday there and just spend time hanging out with family. While we were there, we took the kids to the Children's Museum in Decatur. It is one of my favorite things to do and we like it better than the Indianapolis Children's Museum because 1)it is much more hands on-the kids can play with everything 2) you can stand in one spot on the first floor and see the entire area and 3) it is so much less expensive than the Indy museum-a family can actually afford to go here. It was Liam's first time going when he would actually get to play with things. Thanks to the coupons from Kim, we only had to pay for one person to get in.

Outside at the whipsering discs.

Liam's favorite thing on the first floor. I spend extra time with him there while everyone else went upstairs. The first floor is great because of all the hands-on features for the kids to explore.

Ewan worked on a car with Savannah and Uncle Chris.

Marcus and Marie worked on a news report on location-they appeared on a screen with a background behind them.

Cale and Marcus reporting other news. Cale is putting on a tie. The news area was really cool. Marcus, Cale, Marie and Cassie spent a good amount of time playing in there with the cameras, putting out "news reports".

While we were there, who walked in but Uncle Jim, Aunt Courtney and Xander. It was Xander's first time at the museum, too, and I think he really liked it. Plus, Jim got to meet Kella for the first time. Kella did fine at the museum. She slept and ate and fell back asleep. The kids got to play for a couple hours before they started falling apart. Then we went back to Chris and Kim's for lunch and naps/rest. One of my favorite things is how well all the cousins play together. I love seeing them get along. I hope they are always special to each other.