Spring Break 2011 - Church, Birthday & Children's Museum

So we started out Sunday morning by going to church.  My kids did good for only one part, where the pastor called them up on stage to tell them about the Bible story.  After that Maggie was a wiggly child so I spent the rest of service out in the hall.  The people at Cindy & Erik's church were so friendly and stopped by to visit with all of us and introduce themselves.  I'm so glad that they have been blessed with such a good church family that takes care of them.

Chris was a popular man this morning.

Who could resist that cute face!

 Following church we went out to lunch at Dickie's, Erik's pick since it was his birthday.  This is a shot of him opening his card from Jeanne & David - a funny Simpson's one.  I pulled a card out of my stash of Thirty One cards, not even realizing the irony since it was his thirty first birthday.  Don't you just love how things like that work out!

Then off we went to the Children's Museum in Midland, which the kids loved.  The museum was fantastic because it's got all these really good interactive areas for the kids, but then had some interesting art pieces on the walls that were for the adults.   Chris & Maggie did a puppet show.  Erik & Cameron made masks.  I think all the kids played with a mini-golf game.  There was a vet clinic, a grocery store, magic shop, pizza shop & I think the favorite - a TV station!

Our trio on a turtle (statue).

 The train table was just a bit too tall, so Brady decided to crawl on top and Maggie followed suit.  What a bad example he is, teehee!

Engineer Brady

 Outside, under some canopies, is an area to dig for dinosaur bones.  So you can dig in this sandy dirt and find all sorts of cool treasures hidden away.  Cameron was gathering pieces to try to complete an entire dino, however we couldn't find the poor guys arms.  Neither Maggie nor Brady so much cared about the bones, they were more interested in the digging part.

Margaret Olivia!

The weather was so nice and the kids played so hard, it's a wonder they had any energy left for the next day.