Kansas City Vacation!

Last weekend we went on a short family vacation to Kansas City.  We wanted to do something with the kids before Hannah starts Kindergarten (sniff, sniff).  We left Friday morning and got to KC around 1-ish.  From there it was a whirlwind adventure.  Here are some highlights:

Our first stop was the Wonderscope Children's Museum.  It's in an old school so all the rooms are different activities.  It was small, but the kids LOVED it.  Noah especially loved the music room, probably because he could make lots of noise and be loud.  He's such a boy!

Hannah playing in the water room.  Noah's shirt is off because he REFUSED to wear the little smock.  Plus we were in MO, so why not fit in with the locals?  :)

Noah thought he could paint his own face

My little surgeons.

Noah painting his own face while I drew on Hannah's.

So then on Saturday we went to the Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead.  It was awesome!  It's free on the weekdays and just $2 per person on the weekends!  I was a little worried that it'd be some dump of a place with a sad, old pony giving rides.  I was very impressed with the farm!  It's huge!  There's fishing, feeding goats, petting lots of animals, a butterfly garden, tons of play equipment, and a bunch more that we didn't even get to!  You do have to pay to fish and feed the animals, but it's not too expensive.  We ended up staying there for several hours.  The only reason we left was because it was WAY past nap time and the kids were losing it.  Plus, Hannah had fished and the hook went through the fish's eye.  She was done after that.  (So was I since I had to put the worm on the hook and it was so gross!)

Hannah in her glory riding a horse.  The girl LOVES horses!

Noah in the one room school house.  There was a lady dressed up as the teacher who came over and helped him to erase and draw again.  

Feeding the baby goats.  Notice the bottle was on the ground.  I think the kids had given up wrestling with the goats.  They were fierce!

Fishing!  Hannah ended up catching 4 fish.  Luckily the "hook through the eye" situation didn't happen until the last worm.

Petting a duck

Grinding corn in an Indian hut

Petting the horse after our hay-ride.  

That night we went to a really fun restaurant in Crown Center.  It's called Fritz' Restaurant. One of my friends had recommended this restaurant as a fun place to go.  It was amazing!  Little trains bring your food out on an overhead rail then a little elevator lowers it to your table.  My kids thought it was the best thing in the world.  Plus there's a train in the wall that goes around and around.  Every time it went by, Noah would squeal.  We were there about an hour and my kids weren't bored at all!  The food isn't that great but the ambiance more than makes up for it.

If you look closely you can see the little red train on the rail.  It's what brings the food.

Our food being lowered

My little munchkins!

After eating, we went to a chocolate store where you can watch them make chocolate.  It was really fun to watch!  The kids LOVED eating a treat too.

Sunday was our last day in KC so we went to the zoo.  We had been warned that it's pretty spread out so take as many trains and trams as possible.  We took their advice and bought an all-day ride pass for unlimited train, tram, boat, sky glider, and carousel rides.  Man did that come in handy!  It was super hot and humid that day so we were drinking water by the gallon, then sweating it out!  We were really impressed with the zoo though.  It was a ton of fun and the kids loved it.

**For some reason my zoo pictures aren't loading to my blog so I'll have to post those later.  Needless to say, my kids are adorable and it was a blast!**  :)