The Kleins Come To Minnesota - Part 1

We were lucky to have my sister, Gelsey, her husband, Kipp, and their cute little boy, Bode, come to visit us from September 23rd through the 28th. They got in late at night on the 23rd, and so we stayed up to visit for a little bit, but then decided to turn in so we could get some rest for our jam-packed next few days. Little did I know, little Bode man was up that whole night with the pukes. :( Not a great way to start the trip. Gelsey and Kipp were running on very little sleep, but in the morning Bode seemed almost back to normal, so we chalked up the previous night to food poisoning. We decided to take our chances, and go ahead with our plans for the day of going to the Minnesota Children's Museum.

The two little buggers had so much fun. They got to explore "Our World" which had a little grocery store, post office, doctor's office, and a stage where they could dance and it showed a video of them.

On the stage with their instruments...Miley thought her maraca was a baby!

At the grocery store...

Cute cousins shopping together!

She LOVED all the buttons on the cash register!

We then moved on to a water area, in the "World Works" exhibit where Miley was in heaven! There were little table filled with water that was just their height so they could splach, make big bubbles, and race boats. Miley was not thrilled when we decided to move on to the next exhibit.




The last exhibit we went to was "Earth World" where they had a life size ant hill, trees that kids could climb in, and other nature things. Miley and Bode had a blast walking up to the top of the ant hill, and then running down as fast as they could!

Run!!!

The kiddos and Kipp in the "mole hill"

We were sad that the "Habitot" area was closed that day, because it looked like something that would have been right up Miley and Bode's alley. It was like playground heaven for kids their age.

Later that night, we went out to the Olive Garden for Cameron's birthday (why don't I ever take pictures of these things???) and went home to play some games and to get to bed early to catch up on some sleep.

Stay tuned for the rest of the visit...the REAL fun was just beginning... ;)