so i wanted to do something different...

i finally took the kids to the kids' museum. i had been thinking it was further away than it was...only about 15 miles/25 minutes. it's in niantic CT...it was easy to find, parking was available (whew...i hate parallel parking!). so based on those good signs i went ahead and got us a family membership. it was $45 and just today it would have been $15, $20 if rob had come. so i figure we might as well come often and get our $$'s worth. i'm sure they'll get tired of us by the time the year is up!

if the kids had been happier, we would have walked around a bit downtown. they have a touristy downtown area (if you've been there, think mystic, CT) and i admit i was more than interested in an ice cream shop we drove past :b however, by the time we left both kids were grumpy and reese threw a fit so we went straight home.

the museum itself was ok. looked a little used & abused...but that's just how everything in CT is, imo. one of the beanbags in the listening corner smelled like urine, so i guess i know what to avoid now.

reese's favorite was the fishing boat and the mexican restaurant (the kids could 'cook' and serve the plastic food). if i hadn't had cade, i could have interacted more with her. maybe i'll leave cade with rob next time. cade had some fun here & there but he was really shy, would hardly let me put him down. i think he enjoys a playground more.

we're back home now, trying to have some nap time. cade is complying, reese is not, and i'm about to go laydown and hide out somewhere. hm, the sofa downstairs or our bedroom?