SeaLife and more

We started Saturday with an early lunch at Fritz's Cafe.  It's a cute little place where trains deliver your food!  First you sit down at your table, then you pick up the phone to order your food.  Then the train brings your food!  

 My little engineers.

 Here's the train that brings your food.  The train tracks are up high all around the cafe.  The kitchen staff puts your box of food on the train and then it goes for a ride.  When the train gets to your table, it drops off the box of food for you!  The boys were so excited to watch the trains while we were eating!

 Our next stop was the SeaLife Aquarium  It was a pretty cool aquarium.  It had a touch tank, lots of fish, a glass floor over the sting rays, a big tunnel to walk through, and a quiz to help the kids learn!  Here are the boys doing one of the quiz stations.  There were stations throughout the aquarium.  You had to scratch off the answer on your card, then at the end you received a prize.  It was a great way to force the kids to learn a little bit.  Anything for a prize!

 Some of the animals.  Jackson was so excited about the catfish.  He wanted to catch them.  My little fisherman!

 The boys and I in various bubbles and tunnels.

 The glass floor overlooking some rays.  

 Next we stopped by a store called Kaleidoscope.  It's a super cool place that has the supplies to make all sorts of little crafts.  You could paint, color, make cards, make puzzles, and they had a black room where you could paint with melted crayon and use flourescent markers!  It was so fun!  The boys really enjoyed making puzzles and painting.  To make puzzles you first color a little piece of white cardboard.  Then you put it in the puzzle machine and turn the big wheel...it was hard work!

 Then it comes out of the machine as a puzzle!  

 Cool hand washing station.

 Watching our finished paint products coming out of the dryer.

 We ended the day at my cousins house for dinner.  We were fortunate that all my cousins were able to make it to dinner at the last minute!  Unfortunately my Aunt and Uncle were out of town, but that just means we'll have to go back for a visit!  Here are all the kids climbing on my cousin, Mike. 

 Jackson is so proud that he stole Mike's hat.

 There were lots of crazy kids there...and mostly boys!  I just looked it up and my cousins kids are my first cousins, once removed.  They are second cousins to my kids.  It's so confusing.  Here's what I read if you're interested.  :) www.genealogy.com/16_cousn.html  

LEGOLAND & Boulevard Brewery Tour

We started Friday out at LEGOLAND.  We weren't really sure what to expect, but it was pretty cool.  The first thing you do is learn how they make legos.  The boys didn't really care about that part too much.  It was fun to see how tall they are in legos, and how much they weigh in legos.  

Then we went upstairs and the boys were in heaven.  They had a couple of rides.  One was shooting all the bad guys...I don't have any pictures because I was busy shooting!  The other ride was a typical carnival ride, but Jackson loved it!

There was a 4D movie.  It's basically a 3D movie, but when the fire hose points at you, you actually get wet! I wasn't expecting that!  LOL.  It was fun to see the boys watch the movie though.  They were both reaching out trying to touch the characters etc.  It was hilarious!  There was also a part where you could build your own race car and race them on the tracks.  They had an indoor playground area, and lots of little lego boxes to build stuff (imagine a sand box, but filled with legos!)  There were a couple other stations that were pink and purple, so we passed them right up.  I think one was a bakery and one had princess stuff.  My boys weren't interested in that.  :)

They had a whole replica of Kansas City built out of legos.  Every 10 minutes or so they would dim the lights in this area, and you could see the buildings all lit up.  It was pretty cool.  They had all the stadiums, and they were very detailed...with fans and everything!  Although, every time I've been to the Royals stadium, most of the fans were wearing red.  Maybe they should update that!  They had a mini Wizard of Oz section too.  Follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City!

 

  

 After LEGOLAND and lunch, we caught an afternoon brewery tour at the Boulevard Brewery.  

 The boys were checking out the bottling room. 

 I thought this was a cool sign.  Jackson was being silly.

 Mommy by most of the samples we tasted.

 Dylan was having fun playing photographer. He actually takes some good shots, and plays with zooming and focusing.  Maybe I have a future photographer on my hands. 

 At some point during the day I was hiding in a family restroom, feeding Trevor and the boys found a Curious George Exhibit.   

 Trevor and I by a fountain.  After all, KC is the City of Fountains.

Kansas City - T-Rex Cafe

We took a mini vacation to Kansas City this past weekend.  Scott has Friday's off in the summer, and I'm still on maternity leave, so it was the perfect time to take a long weekend.  Kansas City isn't too far of a drive and has lots to offer for the kiddos.  :)  We left Thursday afternoon and got to KC just in time to experience their rush hour traffic!  Before we headed to the hotel, we stopped of at T-Rex Cafe for some dinner. It was such a neat place!  (It's very similar to Rain Forest Cafe, but with dinosaurs.)  Jackson was VERY nervous when we first arrive.  He wasn't sure about all the dino's.  Dylan was so sweet and showed him they were fake by touching all of them, and encouraging Jackson to feel them.  Soon enough Jackson was enjoying himself.

Here's Dylan telling Jackson, "See Jackson, it's not real."

There's a dino on Dylan's head!  I tried all weekend to make sure Trevor was included in pictures.  :)  He did so well hanging out in his stroller.

Getting our souvenir penny.  I'm obsessed with these machines.  Seriously, I can't pass them up.  And, yes, I do have a special book to keep them in.  

 That big T-Rex is what you see when you first walk in the restaurant.  I only got his head in the picture...he was huge.  I can see why Jackson would be a little nervous! 

 On our way out, I noticed Trevor was showing his T-Rex arms and had to take a picture!  Man I love that kid!

Trevor is 2 months!

My littlest man is a MONSTER!  He weighed in at 15 pounds (97%) and is 25 1/5 inches long (100%)!  Trevor is a very easy going baby, luckily!  He goes with the flow, which is great b/c we're always going!  He's a great sleeper (probably b/c he's growing so much!) and is so patient with all the 'love' his brothers give him.  (We've had lots of talks about personal space!)  He's talking now and showing us his beautiful smile.  He lost most of his newborn hair (well except for the hair on his ears!) and has some new hair growing in.  And, check out those thighs!  I just love this baby boy!

  Who needs a neck?

Trevor's 1st Baseball Game!

We've had a fun week so far!  We ALL went to the baseball game on both Monday and Wednesday night!  It was Trevor's first time!  He mostly slept through both games.  :)  Dylan and Jackson had a BLAST.  They were dancing and cheering for the Cardinals.  It was fun to see Dylan watch the Cards and learn from what they were doing.  Monday night we had beautiful weather.  It was a little chilly after the sun went down...perfect jacket weather.   

 Wednesday night was "St. Paul's" night.  Dylan was so excited to see many of his friends at the game.  He was especially happy to see his best friend, Grant!