Another Day in Kansas City

Okay, I know I know...we are doing way too much in this city and spending way too much money. But, boy is it fun to see all these new places! Karyn, Dave, Emily and Zach all came with us to visit the Children's Museum in Kansas City. It was a cute place and it was converted into the museum from an old school. And best of all...it is free to the military! YIPEEEE!!!!

I thought the place was adorable and just the right size for about two hours of roaming around and doing activities. They had a water room, toddler room, lego room, art room and more rooms to roam. All the kiddos enjoyed themselves! Lydia loved the ball room the most. The room had different stations set up to roll balls down tracks to test different theories of science- gravity, velocity, etc. And no, she didn't grasp those concepts quite yet, but loved rolling the balls! :) She is a little Einstein to me! :)

Lillian's favorite rooms were the Art Room and Doctor Room. Of course, for those of you who know Lillian, you wouldn't be surprised by that statement! :) She had a great time running around with Emily from room to room and kept surprising me with face paint. All the children were entertained and didn't want to leave, but it was after 1:00pm and we were all ready for lunch.

We couldn't just stop anywhere for lunch. We wanted to take the kiddos to Fritz's Railroad Station. It is located in Crown Center in Downtown Kansas City. It is adorable and it features old fashioned signature burgers. You pick up the phone on your table and call your order in to the back of the restaurant. Then, the food is delivered by electrical trains scooting down the railroad tracks overhead. It was too cute and I might have loved it more than the children! :) And that is the first time Lydia has actually stayed at the table the whole time waiting for food and it took a little while for it to arrive. You know she is always on the go, but she stayed right at that table watching all the trains....okay, you got me. Food was involved too! Lydia wanted Zach's Oreo milkshake and it was too funny watching her scoot closer and closer to him! He wouldn't give her even a slurp and who could blame him! hee hee

We also explored Crown Center a little more and ran into Clifford The Big Red Dog exhibit. The children played and explored in the play area all featuring things from Clifford and the series. It was geared to a younger age, but all the kiddos found something to entertain them. And we also went upstairs to The Chocolate Factory. There was a person demonstrating how to make fudge and we got to watch his little show for a little while. It was neat watching him work the fudge and he threw some tricks in to for the kiddos to keep them watching the show. He threw some chocolate so high it hit the ceiling! And yes we had to get some chocolate too which was out of this world!

So, wrapped up another day in Kansas City and more to come on Saturday. Who knows what lies ahead for the Martin Clan! But, today was a great day with friends! Love you all!

Julie