A Day Out with the "ly" girls...Kayli & Lily

We met at the Cr Center, and began the fun at the Dinosaur Exhibit...ok, actually Kayli and I were patiently waiting at the Dinosaur exhibit, hoping that Linsey, Lily, and Graeme would arrive before the next bus dropped off a daycare full of kids! Linsey sent us a text saying they were running a little late. I said to Kayli "somebody probably needed a diaper change, and  I bet it wasn't Linsey!" Ha,ha, ha, that was a hysterical joke, as she laughed her head off! I soooo know this kid's humor!

It wasn't too long before Linsey arrived with Lily and Graeme, and we were off and running into the Dinosaur exhibit...

Awww, Kayli just loves Baby Graeme!

time to dig for fossils...

then, try out the job of keeping some dinosaur eggs warm...

finished with this exhibit, we made a plan to eat lunch at this popular "kid friendly" restaurant...

and played in the Crayola store while waiting for a table in the restaurant...

After lunch, we headed outside, where the girls posed for a picture. Lily's stance just cracks me up!

then, they each threw some pennies into the fountain, and Kayli demonstrated for Lily how you close your eyes and make your wish before tossing your coin...

we got tickets for the next kaleidescope session, which didn't start for another 40 minutes. We decided to pass the time by checking out the Hallmark Visitor's Center, right next door...

"what? a scuba-diver crown?"

ok, let's make a bow...

here it comes...

a tiny cute bow...

the girls had pretend "passports" that they were supposed to get ink stamped at the various "stations" around the center. They really got a kick out of this! You can see Lily in the background, putting a stamp on her passport...

we even got an unexpected gift from the ladies at the front desk, as we were walking out the door; a Hallmark recordable story book! Linsey and I were THRILLED!!!

Now, it was our turn at kaleidescope...

so many crafts, so little time...

"Look, Graeme, there's Lily in there"

another craft...

the girls got to draw and color their own puzzles, then put them in this machine and helped turn the wheel to actually cut the puzzle design...

and here's Kayli's dinosaur puzzle...

and at the exit there were these cool cameras that made everyone look like, well, like the view through a kaleidescope! Here's Kayli...

I see Linsey, Graeme, and Lily...

as we all headed home, I don't doubt that Linsey's car was as quiet as mine, as my backseat passenger was "out cold" within a few blocks of the Cr Center!