Down Town Fun

School starts soon, so our goal is to pack as much fun and adventure into the last week of summer vacation as we can. First stop; riding trax to the Gateway and visiting the Children's Museum. Laura and Macy rode the train with us, and Sara, Brady and Abby met us downtown.

We love the museum and had fun at all the interesting exhibits. Bud and Macy especially enjoyed the kitchen, check out Macy wearing oven mitts. Coleman loved the construction site the best and Rosie was off exploring most of the time. Once, she was the mail carrier and another time she was the checker at the grocery store.

The second level has a helicopter and lots of building stations. There is a radio studio and a news studio. Rosie became Nadine Wimmer, Bud was Bruce Lindsay and Macy was Carol Mikita on special assignment.

After all the museum fun, we ate lunch in the courtyard. There was a whole zone of missionaries and it made us think of Grammy and Grampy! After lunch, we let the kids run through the fountain for a while. Actually, my kids ran through, Macy ran away! Within seconds, Rosie was sopping wet, but the boys were only moderately wet by the time we left.

The train was right at the station when we arrived and we hopped right on. Laura and I commented to each other what a peaceful day it was, for so much adventure. Then, a fellow passenger informed us we were on the wrong train, oh no! We had to get off, ride another train back to Gallivan Center, and then board another train to get home. Whew!

This is our family Olympic brick. We had such a great day and would

love to go back again on a day off of school. Who wants to go?