Nelson Family Blog: The Children's Museum.

Sunday, January 22, 2017

The Children's Museum.

This past weekend was busy and filled with many activities. My parent's came to town Friday night, and boy was Emma wound up. She was so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa, that she could not settle down. It was cute, and frustrating at the same time.

Saturday was a good day. We spent the morning hanging out at the house visiting and playing with the kids. After lunch, we headed to Brookings. John had a session booked with Katie to shoot some more Senior photos, and Mom, Dad, Emma, Eli, and I headed to the Children's Museum. The kids had an absolute blast, and did not stop running/playing for 3 hours straight!

Emma enjoyed running from activity to activity, and had a really good time playing with just about everything. Her and Grandpa Jack spent most of the time in the Museum together, and they had a really good time. Mom and I stuck with Elliott most of the time. He loved the grocery store, the water room, and the room with the vacuum system and puff balls. He did really well all day, especially since we never had a nap. All day. I don't know how he stayed awake, and kept from melting down, but he was really, really good all day. I was impressed. Emma was also very well behaved all day, and is already asking me when we can go back to the museum.

After they were all played out (aka, the adults were tired) we met up with Dennis, Jenny, and Katie and had lunch at Wiskey Creek. It was nice to visit with everyone, and we were all ready for some food and a couple beers. Emma actually fell asleep at the table because she was so tired. It was pretty cute.

The way home was pretty quiet, but amazingly enough, everyone stayed awake. Once we got home, it was baths and then bedtimes for the little ones. The rest of us stayed up, enjoyed a couple beers, and then all turned in pretty early.

Today was a typical Sunday. We all slept in a little, went to church, and then had brunch at Hy-Vee Market Grille. My parents spent the afternoon at our house watching some football and spending a little more time with the kids. They left in the late afternoon, and the rest of us enjoyed a quiet rest of the day at home.

Right now, Elliott is sleeping, Emma is winding down for the night, and John and I are ready to call it a night soon. It was a great weekend, but man did it fly by, and I am so not ready to face another week.