Family and Fun! Part 2 of 3

The sounds of trucks driving by and a hawk squawking in the sky greeted my morning sensitive ears Sunday morning. Having been a rough night with Jaelyn falling out of bed and Jeremy up with a migraine, I was in no mood for said hawk, but determined to have a good last day, I put a smile on my face, finished with my morning sickness, and greeted Jamie good morning. Sitting on the porch with the floor to ceiling windows, viewing on her spacious yard was just the start to the morning I needed. Another gourmet breakfast was heartily devoured by all, stomach full, activities lulled for just a bit, conversation slowed and we all enjoyed the peace and quiet.

It wasn't long before more lunches were packed, directions map-quested, and everyone piled into the car. We were off to explore the wonders of the Minnesota Children's Museum! Crammed into close quarters, we chatted gaily, anticipation high, at least for myself that is! In what seemed like no time at all we were entering the parking ramp and off to the sky walk. Admissions paid, we re-grouped and found our way to the first level of fun.

Jaelyn had so much fun in the balance room! The adults did too! Jaelyn enjoyed walking on the "beams" and stepping on the stepping "stones", The adults enjoyed competing to see who could balance the longest on an impossible disk. Excited to see what else awaited, we moved on and found ourselves in a toddler sized village complete with bus, market, restaurant, Post Office and much more. Jaelyn would have driven the bus all day, but it was other children's turn! Jamie and Alexis tried on community workers costumes, go figure, Jamie was the cop! We soon found ourselves wandering to yet another room, this one a toddler size water world! Could Jaelyn have been any happier? Dropping ping pong balls down pipes with flowing water, filling containers with water from another source and even a bubble solution table kept Jaelyn busy for what seemed like hours. After a short visit to a Wizard of Oz themed room we found the 4 and under room and decided to let Jaelyn run. There were ramps, stairs, slides, bridges and things to touch, see, hear and even costumes! It was a great room to end our day in. We had so much fun watching Jaelyn run, climb, explore, learn and play, but we were ready to be home!

Jaelyn LOVED testing her skills on balancing beams and stepping "stones"

She spent the most time at this table, dropping ping pong balls into the pipes and watching them float out.

Jaelyn climbing the rope ladder, dressed as a raccoon!