Remember these? Such a fun summer tradition that I love. Here are some of the ones we did this year!
Tour of Sweet's Candy Factory – unfortnately we didn't get any pics wearing the hair nets through the factory (too busy keeping Meg's on her head.) Zach didn't try anything but the rest of us got to taste delicious fresh taffy and other treats! Super cool.
Trip to the state capitol. We loved our trip to the MN state capitol and thought we'd give it a try here. With Meg at a not-so-into-tours kind of stage, we opted for the self-guided tour that had a fun bingo-type activity with finding cool things in the art/architecture. The kids loved it. And I am always impressed with the beauty of these buildings, and the way learning more about government and history makes us want to be better citizens.
(a not-so-successful attempt to capture all of us and the cool seagulls painted on the top of the rotunda)
After checking out the insides, we walked around the grounds/statues and had a picnic where we watched an ant heroically carry away an enormous piece of peanut butter cracker. Unfortunately my phone was dead by this point. :)
Another week we took advantage of the free day at the Natural History Museum at the U – when we headed up there there was nowhere to park – you had to take a shuttle from far, far away and since they only let in a limited number on this day I was certain we wouldn't make it in. What a surprise to not only get in, but that it wasn't crowded at all. We had a great time exploring everything from rocks and tectonic movement to dinosaurs and the giant models of cells. (It has been a long time since I thought about rough vs smooth endoplasmic reticulum!)
When the aquarium came for a program for Zach's school last year, they gave one free pass to each teacher to give away – and Zach's teacher gave it to him for great behavior/his overwhelming desire to learn new things, and Zach had been asking to go ever since.
It was smaller than I had expected, but there was still lots too see and we could have watched the penguins all day!
We ended up at the library just in time to catch the fun earth science guy make all sorts of volcanos – it makes me smile to see people who love what they do so much.
Some of our Mom Wednesdays were as simple as a trip to the library to get books and a stop at 7-11 on the way home… but whatever we did, it is one of those things that helps me live up the time I get with these guys while they are home in the summer! Already looking forward to next years' adventures.
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