We were there from Tuesday evening to Sunday morning, and every day was filled with adventure. Just getting out of the house to run to the store, with four small children, is an adventure in itself. Luckily we did more than just run to the store.
The first night there, Luke had his first adventure, in that he got to share "Tubby" time with the girls. From the photo below, Luke must be very entertaining.
On Thursday, we took the kids to the Lexington Explorium Children's Museum. Even though most of the exhibits were for older children, the three of them had a lot of fun running around and exploring everything.
Here is Luke learning how damming a river affects water flow.
Everyone joins in on this learning experience, including baby Gannon (with Mommy's help of course)
Next was the horse exhibit. I think from the entire week, this was the only picture that we got of the three of them ALL looking at the camera at once. Luke's in the front, Lani's in the middle and Emmy's in the back.
The next exhibit was by far the favorite...WATER!!! Even though they had on those little slickers, Luke was absolutely soaked.
Maybe it was because we could not pry him away.
Yup, he's still there!
Come on Luke, let's go!!
Finally, on to something else. They had an area that was designed especially for toddlers. The most popular feature was the slide. Here's Luke taking his turn.
Then there was the "Motion" area. Luke and Emmy had fun trying to get the wheels moving on this bike.
After visiting everything we could on the first floor, we headed upstairs.
Here is Luke trying to work a giant puzzle that attaches to the wall.
He really liked the dinosaurs.
The last exhibit upstairs was the Bubble Room. They offered all these different ways to create big bubbles, but all the kids enjoyed the Bubble Tube the most. Here are Luke and Lani checking it out. Honestly, I think the only reason Luke really liked it, was that it had a step he could go up and down on.
After a long day of learning and exploring, the kids were exhausted. Emmy and Lani were out like a light.
Luke was also tuckered out, and fell asleep instantly holding his new school bus.
On Friday evening, Amber had a "Mommy & Me" group event. It was held at Berkshire Trains in Lexington, and was for the kids to be able to come and play with all things Thomas the Train.
Along with playing with the trains, they were also given a little wooden train to paint.
Here is Luke painting his train. He tried to use the brush, but found that finger painting was really the best way to go.
When we first got there, I could not get Luke's coat off fast enough. He could not wait to get in there and start playing with the two train sets that were set up.
I think Luke really enjoyed meeting Thomas the Train. Of course, Mommy had to buy him a little souvenir, so he left with a little wooden Thomas the Train, along with his painted masterpiece.
Late Friday night, Matt came home, and early Saturday morning, Marc came back from Louisville. As soon as everyone was up and dressed, Amber and I dumped the three toddlers on the Daddies, and we took off (with Gannon of course) for some shopping and lunch.
The Faucheux's reluctantly left the Rudacille's Sunday morning, and started out on their 8 hour trip home. However, due to a too long lunch, and a horrible winter storm, our 8 hours turned into 9-1/2. The snow really started coming down as we got off our exit. What should have taken 30 minutes for the last leg of the trip, ended up taking well over an hour. Needless to say, we were very glad to finally pull into our driveway.
