Chicago's Museum of Scrience and Industry

Wednesday we went to my favorite museum with my parents. So fun. Ready for picture overload?

Gabe and Drew along with Molly and Grandpa successfully finished their submarine simulation missions.

The model train goes from Chicago to Seattle. I think Gabe and Grandpa would have stayed in this room forever.

There was a tornado simulation. Of course when we had the opportunity we had to go inside and walk through the tornado. Or you could call it a Conado like Molly. It was awesome.

There were huge petri looking dishes hanging from the ceiling filled with water. They would make different shadows on the ground from different noise vibrations. Lincoln liked crawling around after those. And because there was a tornado not too far away I wasn't worried about him getting ran over. (fyi I do carry around hand sanitizer and I did rub it all over Lincoln when he went back into the stroller. Although this activity may have contributed to him getting sick...)

look at me I'm a hamster!

Some of our favorite exhibits aren't pictured.
Gabe LOVED the coal mine. You go down a scary dark elevator into a dark room where you take a train deep into the mine. It's dark and loud; they give you demonstration of how mine equipment has worked over the years. It's a great tour and I was thrilled that Lincoln didn't make a peep.

Molly said her favorite was the babies. Disturbing and really interesting. There are babies that have been preserved at all stages of fetal development. You can see a few weeks after conception all the way to 34 weeks. Looking at this perfect looking little boy who was still born breaks my heart every time. Drew was disappointed to learn that babies really can't hear us in the womb. Molly said it was her favorite because she got to see what she looked like when she was in my tummy. She also liked the hatching chicks and the fairy castle house.

My favorite part was that we get into all the Chicago museums for free with our Louisville Science Center Museum pass. Score.

trimming the tree

One of our family traditions is setting up our Christmas tree on Thanksgiving or the day after (depending on what our Thanksgiving agenda is). This year we've decided to hit the road for Thanksgiving. So we set it up Sunday. Molly was a little confused why there weren't any presents under it when she woke up. :)

Lincoln. Thrilled that there are now fake pine needles everywhere to try and eat. Note the vacuum cord. :)

beautiful.

Lincoln

I noticed that I haven't posted any recent pictures of Lincoln.The weather has been beautiful her. Lincoln loves waiting for the bus with Molly and Gabe.

love that little tongue

Little man is getting into everything. He LOVES trying to eat leaves and anything else he can find on the ground. :( He also loves playing with the surround sound. He's crawling all over the place. He likes hiding under the bunk bed. Lincoln really is the best baby. He's still super content. He loves talking. Food is probably his favorite, he wants to try everything. He makes me want lots more babies.

Perfect

I'm so proud. Molly was perfect in the primary program. Shy Molly who doesn't talk to anyone at church gave the loudest musical performance. Right after church she ripped off her cardigan and shoes and ran to sing on the swing set. That's my girl. ;)

Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Ben made the trip down to see Molly. I only got a couple pictures. Most are of grandpa spinning the kids. It was a nice little visit. Saturday we went to a children's concert that was sponsored by JCPS. There were actually 2 concerts. I took the kids Friday night and then we went again with G, G,&B Saturday. So fun. JCPS even gave every family that came 3 free CD's. I'm pretty sure we have all the songs memorized. David Kisor may be replacing Taylor Swift or at least he has for the past couple days.

Gone Fishing

Drew left this afternoon on a fishing trip. He'll be gone until Saturday sometime. It's going to be a long couple of days without him. I kind of gave him a hard time because he doesn't even like fish, but I'm happy that he'll get to have a few manly days away with the guys. Here's to new fish recipes.

75 + sun = a PERFECT day at the zoo

we love a day off

Molly has been asking for a bike helmet. I found one at the flea market for a couple bucks. Score. It looks like someone else wants a helmet too.
Growing up is inevitable, but it does make me sad. Gabe used to always say "because me is". Gabe why are you __________? "because me is." Last week Gabe started saying "I am". I miss "me is".

getting to know Molly

Molly LOVES Taylor Swift. This morning she put on a concert. "You Belong with Me" is one of Molly's all time favorites. Last year Molly had an internal conflict every time she sang the chorus. So she changed it. Instead of "she wears high heels I wear sneakers" it's now "she wears high heels I wear high heels". I love it.

This upcoming Sunday is the Primary Program at church. Guess who has a solo. She is so excited. Molly loves singing. I'm sure all of our neighbors have the song she's singing in the program memorized, she belts it out as she swings outside. Molly is painfully shy. I'm hoping that on Sunday she'll sing the way she's been practicing. I'm praying she doesn't chicken out.