First museum trip!

No, you're not imagining it... we really are putting up two posts in as many days. Today was a specal occasion, which we documented just for you -- our first trip to the Minnesota Children's Museum. What a fabulous place! If you've never been there, here's a taste...

Our first stop was to play with these crazy, bendable blocks, complete with balls to throw through them.

It was tough to leave this area, but there was more to see...

We got hung up for quite a while on these stairs... not part of an exhibit, just plain old stairs -- but the boys loved them.

There is a special part of the museum for little ones (ages 6 months to 4 years). It's a magnificent spot to practice climbing, running, sliding... I think we spent more than an hour just in this little room. More than worth the price of admission, though. I love this picture because Jakey looks like he's trying to stand up so tall, and his shirt says "Who are you calling short?" :)



Here's Robbie in the middle of a spirited game of peek-a-boo!




Here's Jakey getting in on the "peek" part of the game.



Jacob was the first one to spy this fun-looking sparkly thingie (maybe it's supposed to be rain?). Anyway, monkey see monkey do... here's Robbie giving it a try.



At the top of the play area is a window from which kids can look down on St. Paul. Here they are, taking a look!



This is around the end of hour 2... Jakey seems to be saying, "Seriously? Nap time was an hour ago, and no snack yet?!?!" However, he snapped right out of it and ran off to play for another hour or so :)



Robbie wanted to stop and play with these blocks - this never gets old!



The above video cracks me up... I call it, "Cautious and not-so-cautious." In Jacob's defense, going up is harder :)

Yes, you're seeing this correctly. We dressed Jacob up as a beaver and encouraged him to crawl up into the dam. :)

So as this video begins, Bob and I are talking about the half hour Robbie has spent practicing running up and down a ramp, perfecting his technique. Bob noticed how much fun Robbie was having, and said, "He laughs all the way down"... and then, of course, Robbie takes a digger. Don't worry, though. That, too, ends in laughter :)

You'll note from my narration that in the hour we spent in the toddler room, this is one of the only times the boys were close enough to each other to get them in the same video. We're starting to call them "This way" and "That way."

Here's a quick look at Jakey exploring on his own... he was in the "prairie" part of the room, so was busy playing with everything from a big fluffy spider, to a foam tree, to a few spinny sunflowers.



Done. Totally out before we made it to the highway. All in all, a very successful first day at the museum. We had a blast!