Trip to Iowa: Part One

When we last left off, it was the beginning of April, Ella had spring break and we headed down to Iowa for my mom's 60th birthday, which just so happened to coincide with Easter this year. This was Kellan first long car trip. And he did great! Just a tad bit fussy, but overall, the trip went well.

We had a fun five days playing outside, coloring Easter eggs, visiting the Iowa Children's Museum and more!

We went to the Noelridge Park Greenhouse. I don't remember ever going there before, so I didn't know what to expect. It's really pretty inside. It's too bad they don't have it open more than a couple times a year. They had decorated everything for Easter and the girls LOVED it!




As you can see, Kellan enjoyed the greenhouse too. ;-)

We've been to the Children's Museum on past visits and the girls enjoyed going again, especially enjoying the new motion exhibit. I think Ella's favorite thing was building a rocket out of paper. You could shoot it up in the air to see how high it would go.
These pictures are from a different area though. Here, you could build cars and race them down the track to see which one would win.

Above, you could stick the slats in the wall however you wanted and then you could race golf balls through your track.

The girls played outside quite a bit when the weather was nice. We took them across the street to Mt. Mercy College and they played around the Grotto area there. They also discovered the sand in the volleyball courts there.




Here's a couple from Mom's birthday:



And finally, because I have a gillion photos, here's a slideshow:


Next up: Easter!