Columbus' Children's Museum

On Monday we met the Johnsen's at the Kids Commons Children's Museum in Columbus. It was a super cute place, fairly close to home and cheap. The boys loved it! After the museum we popped next door to the most adorable restaurant/icecream parlor. It had been open since 1900 and had old fashioned soda machines, the parlor part, and an old, old gigantic organ that played fun music. I love those kinds of places with a history that are just fun. It reminded me of Schimpffs here. Then we headed up to Edinburgh for a little outlet shopping. Chris never wants to shop and it was actually his idea so I took full advantage! It was the perfect little family day. Days like this I am so thankful to have a teacher for a husband so we get days off together to do family outings. :) Thanks Martin Luther King Jr.!

Ethan loved going back and forth over the bridge

Braden & Jace loved the kids' camper

Braden's favorite part of the day, hands down was this gigantic toilet you could actually go down and out of it. It even made a flushing sound-ewwwwww! Ironically enough, Ethan had just been playing in our toilet right before we left so I'm sure he learned some good things from this. ha! Braden must have went down this thing 50 times!

Down down down he goes....

The bubble station was super fun!

Matt helped the kiddos make a gigantic bubble around their bodies....not sure what Braden is doing here...maybe a little male dancing???

There were several tables with little activities. Chris tried to explain how gears worked to Braden but he was off to the toilet again in no time. :)

Not bad form for a baby! :) The third floor was full of movement type exercise activities for kids. We all got in on the basketball goals and had to compete to get the best score. Chris and I love being competitive with stuff like this.

The big boys take their turn

Lexi and Ethan are so cute together....they are good buddies since Carrie babysits Ethan while I teach. Thanks Matt & Carrie for the great idea...we had fun!