Kaleidoscope

Yes, we went to Kansas City again! I think we should have just moved to Kansas City and let Rich commute back and forth to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas! We spend more time in the city than on post! But, we enjoy it so much!

We started the day off at Hallmark Kaleidoscope. It is truly awesome and FREE!! When you walk in the doors, the place is so kid friendly, colorful, warm and decorated top to bottom. We walked right in and started the process. It is stations upon stations of arts and crafts. You can chose to make glasses, paint with watercolors, make necklaces, play with magnets, make music, create your own books or splash paint! Can you believe they have a station set up to splash paint to include splashing it on yourself, clothes and shoes? It even glows in the dark! Your own body art! They thought of everything in this place! :)

Lillian was right at home! She loves arts and crafts and she managed to make it to every station creating some type of craft. She even made these funny glasses and Lydia just had to have some once she saw her big sister! Plus, mommy joined in on the fun too! :) Lydia enjoyed painting with water colors and then putting her art through the magic dryer! She was so excited to see it come out on the other end. It is the small things that excite her these days!

We then left and played in the Big Red Dog exhibit AGAIN! We were back at Crown Center for the second time this week and both girls had a blast in this exhibit. Lillian pretended to me a mailman and deliver the mail and Lydia loved driving this boat. It is funny how they both wanted to go back to this area again.

We then caught a puppet show. This was a bonus for us because we didn't know it was taking place today. But, it was a cute kid show and the puppets were so detailed. Each sang a song and danced to the music according to their outfit. The girls sat quietly for the whole show and that is a big deal to keep Lydia sitting on her little bottom. She usually is the one all over the place, but she really enjoyed the show. We even got to meet one puppet after the show...he was running away to join the circus later in the day! :)

Next, we had lunch at Crayola Cafe. Another plus for the day! It is colorful and definitely for the kiddos. You got to color your place mat, keep the crayon cup and get a balloon. Plus, surprisingly, the food is really good. Not what I expected from this type of place at all! The girls enjoyed it and enjoyed the Crayola Store after lunch. We bought a few goodies to bring home with us! I was a little disappointed because I thought you could make your own box of crayons, but that is only for the PA store. Bummers!

We changed our clothes and headed to the fountains. It is a huge splash area filled with shooting fountains. It is actually really pretty, but it is full of kiddos playing in the water. We change our clothes and walked across the street. Only to discover some kiddo pooped on one of the fountain sprayers and it was closed for at least two hours! What? Can you believe this is the third time since we have moved here that we attempted a new pool and it has been closed due to poop? What are kids eating here that keeps them so darn regular compared to TX? The girls were disappointed, but nothing the Chocolate Factory couldn't handle! :)

So, another day down and a couple of things left to do on my agenda. But, I will say one fun filled summer almost coming to an end. Lillian starts school on August 10th and things will be different. No running around all day long...she will need her rest to keep up with her school schedule. :)

Hope everyone is having one terrific summer! Love you all!

Julie