Here's a video from the Water Park. Kind of uneventful, but I love how Madeline sees me, calls out "Hi Mommy!" then notices she's floating away and says "Bye Mommy!" She's so precious.
On day 3 of our stay-cation, we decided to do ONE activity that wasn't tailored to kids: we saw the capitol building. We've lived here for four years and hadn't visited it until now! It wasn't very photo-worthy, but Madeline did like climbing up and down the stairs. It was good to see it, even if it's just so we could check it off of our "To-Do" list!
After that we visited the Children's Museum in downtown St. Paul. Many of their activities and exhibits are geared for older kids, but there was enough to do that we used up the rest of the morning.
One favorite spot: the water tables!!
They had a whole room dedicated to pretend-play. For some reason, Madeline kept filling up her shopping cart with canned goods. Is she telling us that is her food of choice??
The Curious George room was a hit - but also very crowded. I wonder if she likes him so much because she identifies with his curious, monkey-like ways...
There was a room dedicated just to babies and toddlers. Lots of places to climb, explore, and scoot/slide. Eventually we had to coax her away, just so we could see more rooms before it was time to go.
And of course, who could resist sliding out of a pretend beaver dam? Not this little one, that's for sure!
Ever since our stay-cation, at least once a day Madeline has brought up the pool, the beach, the water park, and the turtles. It was a lot of activity, packed into just a few days, but we had a lot of fun AND did most of the things on our "to-do in the Twin Cities" list! Next time someone comes to visit, we'll have even more ideas of fun things to do. As long as you don't visit during the winter. :)
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