The Bradens + The Children's Museum = GREAT TIMES!!!

Today we met up with the Bradens while they were in town for Thanksgiving. We thought it would be a great idea to take the kids to the Tot area at the Houston Children's Museum. It was WONDERFUL!!! I am so taking Gabriel there on a regular basis. I loved that they had crew going around changing out the toys on a regular basis so they were pretty clean. (Matt and Angie...Barrett would love it.) We miss the Bradens!

The ball pit was good fun.

That smile makes my day, every day.

They were so funny. Stealing the ball that the other one had. Gabriel was obsessed with Kase's hair.

They had this big ramp with small steps and little road bumps, mirrors and textures on the walls. It was really for toddlers to practice walking on I think, but we took the whole thing up crawling across. Gabriel really enjoyed it, and kept checking Kase to make sure he was okay behind him. He even went to offer him assistance once on the stairs. So sweet.

These flowers spun around. That was good fun. He likes to know that Brian or myself are seeing him do it so he looks at us to make sure we're watching him.

This was a light switch that turned the light on and off in a little bear bedroom. Gabriel loves to turn the light switches off in the house. We're teaching him to conserve energy early. ;)

Spinning blocks. Good times.

A giant Lite Brite board. This thing was COOL!!!

Gabriel seemed to enjoy the sled while he was on it. But, when I took him off he cried. So we thought maybe he wasn't done. Put him back on and he cried louder and reached for me to pick him up. I think he was just hungry, but who knows. It was soooo fun, and if the kids weren't hungry we totally could have spent a lot more time there.

When you're a mom your pictures always turn out with big exaggerated faces in them. They don't tell you that before you have kids...so I just thought I'd let you know now. :)

Thanks for coming to play Bradens. We hope to see you in December!