Day at the Museum

 Summer vacation is quickly coming to an end for us teachers, so my friend Melissa and I decided to throw the kids in the minivan and head to the Children's Museum of Richmond for a little fun.  It's got great open spaces where you don't have to tell your kid "no" a million times.  We were there for almost 3 hours--long enough to get our money's worth, but not so long that we had to deal with the after-lunch crowd or daycare field trips.

 "Yes, I do have a giant pumpkin and tomato.....why do you ask?"

 "Me and Paw just love working on the farm!"

 Emily and Ryder sharing the paints in the Art Studio

 Garrett and Emily "digging for fossils" in the giant boxes of rubber pieces.  I think Emily was having flashbacks of our Nags Head vacation because she kept trying to bury her feet in the "sand".

 Caroline and Ryder acting like news anchors in the town area (I took the pic through a window, so it wasn't very clear).

And we got to watch the live broadcast from the town's "alley"!