Day at the Children's Museum

Since Keaton's actual birthday was on a Wednesday, I thought it would be fun for us to take a trip to the Children's Museum to celebrate. And who better to join us than his favorite cousins?! My sister Shawna and her two little ones (Keira and Kalen) were in town, so they were able to join us...as well as my sister Jamie and her son Carter and my mom (Ceili and Keaton's Nana)! This was actually Keaton's first trip to the museum...but definitely not the last! The kids had such a good time - it is always fun to watch the cousins play together!

Keaton LOVED watching the Choo-Choo trains go by...he found the perfect spot to just sit and watch!! (click on the storyboard below to view larger)

Ceili thought it was a lot of fun to walk through an actual train car...and thought it was hilarious to look at us through the window!

Lego Land was the PERFECT place for Keaton!! He had so much fun playing with the HUGE Legos...I think he would have stayed for hours if it was up to him!!

Ceili might have thought she was a bit too big to play with the big foam Legos, but you're never too big to go down the slides!!

A trip to the museum just would not be complete without some time spent in the PlayScape area! I wasn't too sure there would be much for Keaton to do in there, but he proved me wrong. He absolutely LOVED the water...splashing and splashing until he was soaked! I should have known he would love that part - he soaks me every night at bathtime because he splashes so much!!

And just look at my bald baby - have you ever seen a more handsome bald baby boy?! I just love his little bald head - at least he knows he's got a nice-shaped head for when he goes bald someday...if he ever grows hair to begin with!!

Of course, Ceili, Keira and Carter had fun in the water too...

And Baby Kalen...he may be too little to play at the museum right now, but just give him time and he'll be joining the "big" kids too!

One of our favorite parts of the museum is the carousel...Ceili HAS to be on one that goes up and down! This was Keaton's first carousel ride - he wasn't too crazy about it to begin with, but as soon as we started moving he thought it was the best thing ever!!

Keaton did not know what to think about this silly mirror...even distorted a bit, those have got to be the two best-looking guys around though!

We could NOT leave the museum without visiting the Dinosaur exhibit! It just so happened that the week before, Ceili had learned all about dinosaurs at preschool. She has gained a huge interest in them lately, wanting to read books about them all the time!! She was more than excited to tell Mrs. Rippy (her teacher, whom she just adores!) all about them...she even got to try on a dinosaur costume! She thought Mrs. Rippy would think it was really cool to see a picture of Ceili dressed up like a dinosaur. And, of course, Mrs. Rippy LOVED to hear about Ceili's trip to see the dinosaurs!!

And here is Ceili and Nana, as Ceili rubs in the disinfectant before going home...we want to take home the memories from the museum, but not the germies!! We had so much fun at the museum, and now that we have a membership I am sure we will be going a lot more often!