We made the very long drive to Chicagoland to visit Grandpa. But I'm going to confess right now that I did a horrid job of getting any pictures with grandpa.
Grandpa had lots of fun toys at his house, including a spectacular set of marble works. Camden said, "I want to play with this everyday!" But then he discovered the race track.
There was a great park less than a quarter mile from grandpa's house. We went just about every day.
You can see that Alex quite likes the swings.
Grandpa had a great box cookie mix that Camden I whipped up one afternoon. The boys thoroughly enjoyed frosting them, in addition to eating them.
We went to the Kohl's Children's Museum and it was incredible!
Camden liked fixing this car.
The museum had an awesome grocery area with all sorts of plastic food (hey, not all that different from a real live grocery!).
Ethan loved being the cashier. I'm pretty sure an argument broke out between the boys regarding whose turn it was to scan the food.
Alex was fascinated by these stacking pegs. He was better at knocking them over.
Ethan practiced using different turbine shapes to see which ones moved
faster when the fan blows on it.
Camden and Ethan practicing driving a train.
Camden is aiming the water cannon at the chimes.
Ethan enjoyed moving the notes on this enormous staff, but I don't think he ever figured out that it would play the melody he created.
Playing the drum was Alex's favorite part, by far. He wouldn't leave it alone, nor relinquish his drumsticks, except under duress.
Camden takes his artwork seriously.
Alex wanted to paint, just like his brothers. He did make a nice picture,
but he also looks like an Indian on the warpath.
