the hands on museum

last thursday we met up with my wonderful friend heather and the kiddos. i had promised the kids i would take them to this children's museum some time over the summer and before i knew it the summer was almost over! so this was my attempt to keep my promise AND squeeze some mommy time in at the same time.

heather and i don't get to hang out as much as we would like and i miss her a lot. playdates with the kids is most definitely for OUR benefit too. but with both of us having a family and living such busy lives, getting together ends up being a rare occasion.

as luck would have it, this trip to the museum turned out to be pure chaos. there were THREE different summer camp groups there on a field trip, in addition to the people who just walked in, like us. i felt so overwhelmed with trying to keep up with both of my kids who continuously went in separate directions. (why can't they stick TOGETHER?). meanwhile, my plan to catch-up with heather totally went down the drain.

fortunately (for my sanity), the camp groups left about half an hour after we arrived and things finally calmed down for us. heather and i got to chat, watch the kids run around and goof-off, and we even got to snap some pictures (imagine that!).

it really is a fun place for kids and hopefully we can make it back there soon.

firefighter natalie

inside the pirate ship:

they were in there forEVER. it was like they were digging for gold

selling train tickets

all aboard!

the ever adorable lauren and russell in the police car

my favorite picture of the day

i love logan's face here:

she is SO cute!!!

i love that russell is climbing this shelf

while heather is taking the picture :)

working in the bank:

and natalie's favorite part,

THE DRESS UP STAGE

(this section was closed the last time we were there

and she was devestated)

***all of the high quality pics above were taken by heather