For his first birthday, Max got passes to the Dupage Children's Museum from Barb and Kevin. Though we had planned to use them several times over the past year, the timing never quite worked out, until today. After their late night on Friday, the boys slept in a bit, so we hit the road about 9:30 and drove to Naperville to check out the museum. There were a lot of great exhibits to see, and so many things for the boys to do. They were almost frantic, running from display to display, desperate to cram it all in. The museum itself definitely had a frantic vibe. As I described it later to my mom, it was like the museum equivalent of the American Girl Store on a Saturday afternoon right before Christmas. Yikes! Despite that, the boys managed to roam the place fairly freely and interact with the exhibits to their hearts' content. Some highlights were the music room (check out Liam on the xylophone), making stained glass windows, exploring a wind tunnel, and climbing a wooden staircase to a ship prow complete with wooden steering wheel.
After the museum, we headed to nearby Western Springs to visit Johnny and Erin. I hadn't seen their house yet (although Mike and the boys had been there) so I was excited to visit. In a nice surprise, we were joined by Barb and Kevin and had a nice late-afternoon meal. The boys were entranced by Jackie the dog and Koa the cat, who patiently let the boys pet and play with them. It was quite a change for them, since they're used to our cats fleeing in terror the minute they catch sight of one of the boys. We had a big scare when Max fell down the stairs (Mike was right behind him but wasn't able to catch him quickly enough) but his tears cleared up pretty well at the sight of some ice cream, so we knew it wasn't too bad. We ended up staying a lot longer than we intended because we were having such a good time, and Johnny and Erin were great hosts. It was 6:30 by the time we left, and the boys promptly conked out in the car and were down for the night. Hooray!
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