curious kids

This morning we packed up the boys and drove through the fog to scenic St. Joseph, Michigan, where we visited the Curious Kids Museum. It's a wonderful place, full of all sorts of things for the boys to do. They had fun playing with water, building towers and then simulating earthquakes to knock them down, operating excavators, even standing inside a giant bubble (that's what Liam is doing in the picture above). It wasn't a terrible drive (plus for some reason Liam is really into making long drives lately) and the boys really had a wonderful time. And learned some interesting things, though they didn't know it because they were too busy having fun. Liam reports that his favorite parts of the museum were the ambulance, fire engine, and rocket ship--he got to drive kid-size versions of them all.

Also: hooray! We took our chances on another unknown restaurant and scored this time. We ended up at Dino's Family Restaurant and Pancake House, where the Demo Burger was juicy (Mike), the Greek Skillet was flavorful (Holli), and the eggs, bacon, hash browns, and pancakes were plentiful (boys). Not only was the food excellent, but the boys were really good too. Maybe they're getting the hang of it. On the way home, we stopped at Grandma and Grandpa's cottage for a quick visit. The boys love to shovel the snow on their deck. A fun and busy day!