Saturday Fun

Weekend plans changed at the last minute and instead of heading to Galveston, we went to the hospital to pick up Brady for a fun day Saturday. We did peek in to see the babies ~ I know you all see enough baby photos on Kim's blog, but I had to post these because Saturday was the first time we've been able to see their hair!

Miss Karsyn on her last day of sporting the CPAP equipment.



Mr. Kaden looking quite comfortable on the nasal cannula ... what a relief it must be to not have all that stuff attached to their noses!



Didn't stay long in "babyville" as we were on a mission to the Children's Museum. Upon arrival at the Museum we learned two things ... #1) it's well suited to kids Brady's age and 2) they don't open until 10am.

We were an hour early, so we rode the train!



Brady, looking very grown up!



Waiting for our driver to ferry us back to the Museum District.



Here we are outside the Children's Museum and you can see that Grandpa is already in pain. Gear up Grandpa ... the Children's Museum is no place for the weak and weary!



Brady showing us how you are supposed to drive ... two hands on the wheel "like this" and put that cell phone down!



Cooking up a storm with about 15 other kids.



Let's hope this is the last time we see him in the back of a police car!



The outside playground has this cool "Flow Works" extravaganza where kids (thousands! ... well maybe only 50) do a variety of activities ~ water guns, buckets, etc. ~ to fill up this giant drum. Here are Brady & Jerry using the foot pedal to "gun" the drum.



Water filling up the drum ... it's almost ready to tip!



The ultimate goal is to fill it past the 240 gallon mark where it then tips over and pours the water back into the lower level ... minus a few gallons that spray all over the folks using the water guns at the time it dumps.



I know it looks crazy to post photos of an "HEB" but this Children's Museum has a section that ~ in a very child friendly way ~ focuses on "careers". There's an HEB, for shopping and learning to check out and handle money, there's a Chase bank where kids can be bankers and/or customers, there's a news area with activities for newspaper & radio/TV, a police/emergency area and many more. A wide range of ages could entertain themselves here.



Brady loved the grocery store and I'm happy to report that he "purchased" all fruits & veggies!



In the Science Lab kids can do all kinds of experiments ... Brady got on the measuring machine and I'm not entirely sure we did it right because it indicated he is as tall as 2 chickens. Roosters, actually.



Little artist ... working with watercolors ...



This is the "Stuff Sorter" and there were so many kids in there we never did figure it out. Brady didn't seem to mind the confusion.



This is "telephone man" ... an interesting mix of old phone parts and telephone booths. I guess it's true that art is in the eye of the beholder!



On the sponsor wall of fame, we found this leaf bearing the name of Melissa's father ... we think. Mel, is this your dad?



Highly recommend the Children's Museum for kids about 2.5 years old and up. Don't attempt this alone, if you're going on a Saturday you'll need reinforcements ... recommend a 2:1 ratio of adults to children!