Road Trip: Day 6

All the babies were up bright and early this morning around 6:30am. How is it that they stayed up just as late as we did, but can wake up chipper with little sleep? Plus, Alexander woke up at 3:45am. He did go back to sleep, but Dan had to lay with him on the pull out sofa bed. Not so comfortable. Maybe that's why he woke up? Before going to the Toy and Miniature Museum, we stopped to pick up some groceries for dinner. As always little man likes to visit any public bathroom, so upon arrival at the store we went straight to the potty. Dan took Xander and I took the girls. While in the potty my sweet Charlotte blurts out,"Big undies for a big Mama." "Shhhhhh! We don't say things like that in public bathrooms." I don't think that anyone else was actually in there with us to hear it.

Toy & Miniature Museum
To sum up this muesum, everyone except Xander enjoyed it. About 30 minutes into looking at all the doll houses and furnishings, he had enough. Dan took him outside to run around. The girls and I finished walking through it. The bottom line: Don't take a 2 year old boy to this museum. I would recommend ages 4 years and up.

Crown Center (Shopping and Resturants)
After the Toy and Miniature Museum, we headed to the Crown Center for a Clifford play area and lunch. The kids love any play area and this one was no exception. After our playtime we ate lunch at the Crayola Cafe. The highlights included a coloring page that looked like it was framed and a take home cup that looked like a crayon. By this point around 1:00pm Xander was extremely tired. He just sat in the booth quiet eating some potato chips. He refused the Mac & Cheese. With his engergy level at next to nothing, that meant we (Dan & I) could enjoy our lunch. That we did.

Naptime
We all took naps this afternoon. It was so nice.

Swimming
After everyone woke up from their naps we headed down to the pool. Going to the pool is one of Bella's favorite activities. Charlotte and Xander like it too. The water in this pool was significantly cooler than the one in Springfield.

All the babies were in their beds by 8:30pm!