Toys, Glorious Toys!

Today's adventure took us to UMKC campus.  It's home of the National Toy and Miniature Museum.  This place is awesome!  The first floor is all things miniature, and the second floor is all things toys.  The kiddos worked on a scavenger hunt throughout the museum that was actually fairly challenging.  We started on the second floor, and the dollhouses were insane!

They have a Hallway of Iconic Toys, and it was a trip down memory lane.   

We got to learn how they used to make toys down an assembly line.  The jack-in-the-box and toy cars were definitely the most fascinating, but Little Guy did say that watching the assembly line of doll heads for Betsy Wetsys was both interesting and a little bit creepy.  

The first floor miniatures were awe inspiring.  The amount of detail was absolutely incredible!

This is a mini of Miss Marple's house:

We really loved this museum!

Top of the Morning to You

I'm not sure why, but my kiddos talk about getting Lucky Charms with green milk for days leading up to St. Patrick's Day.  It's not a huge deal, but they absolutely love it.  

This year I gave them some books.  You would have thought it was Christmas.  It was a strategic move to give them something extra to do while it rains the entire week they're home from school.  We're expecting another 2-4 inches of rain just today. 

Discoveryland

We're doing a mini-stay-cation for Spring Break this year.  Joel is taking a couple of days off and we're going to explore some places around Kansas City that we still haven't seen, because of everything being shut down for the last year.  Our first stop was Legoland Discovery World and Aquarium.  

One of the coolest parts was downtown Kansas City in Legos.

Little Lady was excited to see Emma.

Another highlight was the 4D Lego Movie.

It was a bit too crowded for my comfort, but I suppose that's par for the course when it's Spring Break.  You're required to sanitize before and after every ride, and you each get your own bin of Legos to build and explore with.  The kiddos actually loved the aquarium more.  It was a lot nicer than we were expecting.

Where's Little Lady?

The boys decided to try it, too.

The kiddos particularly liked collecting the stamps along the aquarium.  They got a bracelet at the end for turning in their card.

It was a lovely outing.  The crazy thing is that less than an hour after we got home, the sirens went off.  There was a tornado warning!  It took a little while to find Luna, but we all headed to the basement to wait it out.  We played Sparkle Kitty to take the kiddos' minds off the weather.  A tornado did touch down in our town ripping roofs off and causing a lot of tree damage.  We watched the radar closely and were very lucky that the two severe fronts of the storm ran parallel to the outside of our home.  We just got a good thunderstorm and no tree damage at all.  

The tornado warning lasted for an hour and then we came back up to a slight drizzle.  It was quite a crazy day!

Bow Hold

 Little Guy is working on his bow hold.  

M is for...

 Monkey and Minion. 

I figured out one of the two without Little Guy's explanation.  How about you?

Picture Perfect Weather

When you get a day of perfect weather you have a picnic and play outside the entire day.  It was just what the doctor ordered.  I think it may be the most peaceful day Joel has had at home in a long time.  Hahahaha.

So sunny!  So fun!

Breaking Out...On Accident

Luna has been getting increasingly stir crazy.  It has been very difficult to let her out of the cage, because she won't stay still.  She won't stay in our arms for long and she won't just rest on the couch.  Yesterday she jumped off the couch.  When BB tried to pick her up, so she wouldn't make a a break for it, her cast got caught on the coffee table and it completely came off.  Everyone one was in a bit of shock.  BB bawled, because he was convinced he had hurt her again, and we weren't really sure what to do, because she had another week before they were going to remove the cast.  We put her back in the cage and called the vet.  At first he said just leave her in the cage and it would be ok, but she was limping pretty heavily, so we, including the vet, all decided it would be best just to bring her in for an x-ray the following day.

It turns out she is completely healed.  She is limping from the atrophy in her leg after 5 weeks in a splint.  Letting her out for the first time was just like Christmas morning.  She roamed the house for several hours straight just reacquainting herself with every possible corner of the house. 

Stella decided to try out the cage to see what all the fuss was about, but she quickly found it lacking and started following Luna around the house.  They've been rather nippy with each other, but they've finally settled down and took a nap next to each other. 

 

Luna continues to limp and she can't jump up on any beds right now, but the vet says she will quickly gain her strength back.  We're just so excited to be rid of the cage and have Luna out and about again.

A New Recipe

Little Lady is now experimenting with ice cream cake recipes.  The first attempt was a unique way of making the cake.  Instead of adding the regular ingredients to the cake mix you add the chocolate ice cream portion of the Neapolitan ice cream.  It sounded intriguing, so she tried it.  The consistency of the batter was bizarre and it didn't spread very well.  It led to the over-cooking of the cake portion.  She also accidentally left the ice cream out too long, so it was definitely more melted than what she wanted.  It was still tasty, but she's decided to go back to the drawing board to find a new recipe.  

When not cooking she's busy embarrassing her older brother.  This picture sums up their personality perfectly.  It's not hard to tell who is the extrovert and who is the introvert.