Children's Museum

Sometimes its hard for people to know what to get this chaotic family for gifts, especially with the "we don't need more stuff" mantra from this mama!  However, my parents got us one of the most awesome gift ever when they bought us a family membership to the Madison Children's Museum.  We love that place.  Big time love.  We go there as often as we can.  Because of the membership, we no longer rush through the place trying to see everything at once.  We get to take our time in one area all day if we want because we know we can come back again and do another part of the place another time!  We also get to share this great gift with friends.  These are the pics from one time this summer when we went with our favorite little pal next door =) 

 Inside, there are lots of fun things to play with and do.  I only have a few shots; maybe next time I can stop playing so much and get more pictures of the inside:

Ready to get going!!!

Automated legos to play with...wicked fun.  Otter needs to learn how to do this so we can start building Lego robots to clean the house.

Playing with wooden musical instruments.

 

 

 

 

 

Smoosh always heads for the veggie garden to plant things!  LOVE it!

Looking at the Madison Square from the rooftop.

The rooftop is my favorite place in the Museum.  Gardens, chickens, a clubhouse full of baby chicks, turtles, and seedlings - what's not to like?  Maybe one day my backyard can look like the rooftop...

Possibly the only thing cooler than backyard chickens are rooftop chickens!! Maybe our coop can look like this one day?

Exploring the pond...

...climbing the rocks...

...wondering why jumping in the pond is not allowed.

This is how the girls play with the fish...."ha doh widdle fishie..."

...so sweet...and cute.

And this is how the boys play with the fish...never still, always moving..climbing and conquering the foul beast from the depths.

Definitely one of our most favoritest places to visit =)  We'll show pics next time of the awesomeness inside!