Schmidt Play Date 8-3-09

Some of the cousins after our cool tour of the candy factory!

• We had so much fun on our little play date to the Museum of Natural History and Sweets Candy Factory. We also made an impromtu stop at Liberty Park due to extra time between exhibits and tours. It seems as though my children were the only ones who wanted to get wet. Amazingly, those high shooting fountains didn't intimidate my kids! I did make Zaquel take off his clothes because I knew he would want to get drenched, which he did,because we were headed to the candy factory afterwards and it would be really cold in there with wet clothes. They might not have even let him in. So, off he went in his underwear through the water up until the minute before we left! He did have to go commando the rest of the day...he didn't seem to mind.:)
  
• The Schmidt's who accompanied us were, Shannon, Bailey, Nick, Lexi, Amy, Abby, Caleb, Gabe, Emily, Hailey, Joye, Matt, and Jared.
• The best part about this was the cost! It was all FREE! Thinking of the BEST route to get blasted by the most water!

Irresistible!

Cutie Pie!

Isabel running through the rings trying not to get too wet! Zaquel is right behind her!

Zaquel loved this magnetic wall puzzle of the dinosaur! He didn't like the other kids messing up his pieces though!

In the Tee-pee

Isabel and her favorite bug, the praying mantis!

All the kiddos putting on a fabulous puppet show for us!

Two Wicked Witches and a Warlock!

At the river trough, playing in the sculpting sand. It looked like those little colored candy ball sprinkles you eat on cookies. I am sure it wouldn't taste like that! Luckily, no one tried to taste test it!Caleb, Gabe, Isabel, Abby, Hailey, Zaquel, Jared, and Matt enjoying the dino bones!

Looking at the frogs eating the most delicious bugs yum-yum!

In the hut

In the mine