tis so sweet ...

while stacey spent the day out at hazeltine
for the PGA championship ...

the boys and i decided to meet up with some friends
for some SWEET fun of our own ;)

we started out at the childrens museum

where we had the entire place to ourselves

(well ... ok not REALLY ... but it sure felt like it!)

it amazes me how my kids have been there SO many times ...

yet each time we go they play for hours without complaint.

recently, i was starting to think drew had begun to outgrow the museum.

yet, today he was the one that REALLY wanted to go,

and once we got there -

he was probably the one that got the most involved in each of the exhibits.

his favorite??

when he found out that he got to build an arch

NOW ...

to FULLY understand why this was a highlight i need to take you back.

to know drew is to know he is ALWAYS thinking outside of the box

he is ALWAYS thinking up something grand

something unheard of

and

something completely over my head ;)

SO ...

we were in the car the other day

and drew starts telling stacey and i that he thinks it would be

SO cool if they could just build a bridge all the way around the earth.

the pressure of the concrete pieces against each other would just hold the whole thing up.

now ...

i have no idea what purpose this bridge would serve.

i have no idea how or why someone would ever build such a thing.

BUT ...

that is logic.

and drew is not logical.

SO ...

my story continues...

we're back to today.

we are at the new exhibit at the museum.

(which is very cool i might add)

drew sees in one corner that you are challanged

to use their blocks to build a freestanding arch/bridge that you can walk across.

he was in heaven!

nice job, drew!

the rest of the time we just moved our crew from room to room -

and enjoyed the fact that

a. we were one group of maybe 4 at the museum this afternoon.

b. our afternoon was flying by

and

c. our kids were having a blast and TOTALLY wearing themselves out

when the time came to leave we decided to surprise the kids by stopping at candyland.

(TOTALLY for the kids ... not at all for me ;)

and if you believe that ... you don't know me AT ALL...and need to read this

i told them (within reason) they could choose anything they wanted.

you can imagine that was NOT a quick decision ...

BUT ...

in the end they were all quite happy.

drew chose gummy army men.

ben chose a caramel popcorn ball.

and alex chose a lollipop.

which he licked ...

and he licked ...

and he licked.

until we gave up on waiting,

said goodbye to downtown

and drove home.

(where the 1/2 eaten lollipop is sitting on the counter ...

just waiting ...

because i'm fairly certain that when alex wakes up -

that will be the first thing he finds)