Our Vacation -- Day 3 (Part 1)....

I will now resume chronicles of our vacation in August....

Click HERE for information about our vacation.

Click HERE for Day 1 of our vacation.

Click HERE for Day 2 of our vacation.

And, before I start on "Day 3 (Part 1)," I shall give a warning. This post may be photo overload of our son....

Anyways, for Day 3 (which was Friday, August 20), we all spent the morning at the Minnesota Children's Museum. It's a museum in downtown St. Paul, and Marc and I personally, overall, thought it was a very well put-together museum with activities for all ages of kids. In other words, we do recommend you going there if you're in the area with children :)



They were quite busy that day, but fortunately, the entrance line moved fairly quicky -- despite ALL of the strollers (which we contributed to, by the way).



After paying the fees, here's kind of what you see....



And, rather than trying to find the "perfect" exhibit to satisfy all three of these children, we just started right in....

Here are the backs of Tammy, Jesse, Caleb, and Reynold -- working with a hands-on exhibit.



Luke -- at the same exhibit....



And, Luke at another exhibit....



Then, we hit the JACKPOT (at least in Luke's eyes)....a WATER exhibit.













And, here's my favorite shot of Luke and Jesse...If I remember correctly, Luke had just splashed Jesse, and the photo was taken at just the right time -- capturing a great face of surprise by Jesse....



And, just to fully prove just how much fun this exhibit was for Luke...here are a couple of photos of Luke after the water. And no, he didn't leak through his diaper to produce this wetness.





Later, we found an exhibit especially for children ages 4 and under...J.A.C.K.P.O.T.

Yes, Luke had a great time, and we all got to experience a major 2 year-old fit upon leaving this exhibit. But, I'll spare you those photos and just post the photos of Luke having a great time -- which truly was a joy for Marc and me to see.









And, a few more photos from yet another exhibit -- fitting for Luke's age...











And lastly, looking at fish....



Luke obviously did have a good time for two reasons....a) the fit that was displayed upon leaving this museum, and b) these photos were taken on the way from the museum to our lunch location....





O.K., O.K. -- enough of the photo overload...Stay tuned for Day 3 (Part 2)....