trip to the Museum

During my research to find where to have Ashlyn's birthday party this year, I stumbled upon the Austin Children's Museum. So a couple weeks ago we went to check it out (since it has been over a decade since I had been myself). As soon as we walked inside it was story time. This picture is Ashlyn muscling her way to the front to get a sticker at the conclusion of storytime.

The lady read 3 books and Ashlyn has been talking about one in particular ever since.

Benjamin was far more interested in the fish tank than he was reading time.

Ashlyn asked me to play store with her. So I got a basket filled it with groceries, came to the check out and said I was ready to pay. She said, "okay... can I have your phone number please?" I found that hysterically funny... I didn't realize that she was actually listening while desperately begging me to buy her something in the checkout line.

Ben had fun airing up tires.

Upstairs was even more stuff- construction, gears, pulleys, and an art station. Ben LOVED standing up on the stroller and turning the series of gears.
While Ben was in the engineering room, Ashlyn was immediately drawn to the art table where she spent a good deal of time crafting a masterpiece.
So the conclusion of this trip was that Ashlyn (& Ben) had such a good time that she agreed this would be a fun place to have her birthday party this year!