Daycation: George Washington Carver National Monument

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This was a little adventure that we took earlier in the month.

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The kiddos and I really needed a day out of the house, so we took Nana to lunch, and then we decided to head over to Diamond, MO and visit the George Washington Carver Museum. I hadn’t been there since I was a teenager, and I knew that the boy’s would love it.

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The Museum is free to the public, and has a beautiful walking trail to take too.

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I would like to visit again in the Fall.

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There were lots of bridges to see.

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The boy’s loved the lake.

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It was a warm Summer day, and a thunderstorm was on its way.

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There were lots of Bullfrogs and so many dragon-flies too.

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We crossed one more bridge, to find the home that George Washington Carver grew up in.

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It was a beautiful home.

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The view was amazing too.

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The day at the Museum was wonderful, and after all of that walking the boys crashed out for a bit too.

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Bring on the Fall weather, so we can visit again.

Jul 17

Daycation: Kiddieland

We are still working on our 25 Things to do this Summer activity list, and one of the activities that made the list was Kiddieland. It was 4th of July weekend and we met up with Grandma and Aunt Jill for a day at the park.

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Kiddieland is full of great rides for kids. This time around Dylan was big enough to ride many of the rides. There is a Roller-coaster, a Ferris Wheel, a Train that tours the park, and many other rides too. The kiddos got to have Cotton Candy and Sno-cones too, they were super happy about that one.

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There are boats to ride.

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Dylan found a car to ride too.

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Both of the boys loved the airplanes.

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Thade got really brave this year. He rode a few small rides, and then opted to ride the Roller-coaster, once with Dad, and then a few times by himself.

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The kiddos had a great time, and we just might have to visit Kiddieland another time or two this Summer.

Jul 16

K.C. Daycation part 2

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After our fun at Wonderscope, my brother asked if we wanted to head to downtown Kansas City and grab lunch at Crayola Cafe. How could I say no, downtown Kansas City has to be one of my very favorite places.

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We visited Union Station.

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I grabbed a few pics from the skywalk.

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Dylan loves trains, and he really enjoyed Union Station.

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I love it all, my camera was way happy that day.

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Crown Center was a blast too. It was a little busy, but the boys loved it.

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Crayola Cafe was a blast too. They served great food, and everyone there was really nice too.

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We visited the waterfall at Crown Center.

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Before we knew it, it was time to head back home. The day was amazing, and we seriously can’t wait to go back again.

Jul 14

K.C. Daycation part 1

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I’ll often ask the kiddos, “if you could go anywhere, where would you want to go?” Almost always the answer is Wonderscope. We live a bit away from Wonderscope, but luckily my brother Rob doesn’t live to far away from Wonderscope, and the kiddos were able to talk him into tagging along for the day.

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Wonderscope is an interactive Children’s museum, and it is amazingly fun.

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There are many different rooms to play in, and activities to explore.

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Agnes was happy chilling out and watching the boys run around.

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Even Uncle Rob had a good time at Wonderscope.

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Nana and Agnes had fun playing too.

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The kiddos favorite room was the Lego room.

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It is full of great displays and plenty of Lego’s to play with too.

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The boy’s are already asking when we can go back to K.C. and visit again.

Jul 12

Let’s Make Rainbow Cupcakes

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Do you have a rainy day, and a whole bunch of bowls?

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Then you can make some Rainbow Cupcakes!

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You will need a few helpers.

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You will also need:

1 White Cake Mix (mix according to package directions)
Food coloring
Icing, and cupcake liners too

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Pick out your favorite colors, and then separate the cake batter into the small bowls. I used about 3/4 of a cup of batter in each dish, and then dyed the batter Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple.

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