davinci and girl scout photography night

Monday morning of Spring Break arrived cold and snowy. I talked the girls into exploring the DaVinci exhibit at the Science Museum with me even though I know they would have preferred to stay in their pajamas.

I really enjoy a good trip through a museum. I couldn’t spend an entire day exploring but I appreciate my families eagerness to check it out…and then get the heck out. Gwyneth is probably the exception to that rule. She can typically waste a day away exploring too.

The DaVinci exhibit just opened and it’s pretty amazing.

We learned so many thins about The Mona Lisa. I think the girls were actually pretty engrossed by that portion of the exhibit.

We made it home in time for Gwyneth’s Girl Scout meeting. The girls played with digital photography. They had a great time using their phones, ipads and a few even had digital cameras. They had a blast taking pictures of each other!

children’s museum

B had to head into the Kitchen and the girls slept in and had breakfast with Melissa while I drove with my dad down to Highlands Ranch to drop off his car. We decided to hang out downtown for the day and spend the day with my dad and Melissa.

The girls loved the view from my dad and Melissa’s bathroom. Not too shabby, huh?

We walked over to the Children’s Museum from the hotel. It was about 5 miles of walking round trip. The weather was gorgeous. We could have worn better shoes. Gwyneth was pretty hungry and grouchy by the time we arrived. We got that girl some pirates booty and she was all smiles…right after this….

The museum was pretty packed with all the kids out of school today. We made our way through quickly but spend some time in the art space.

We grabbed lunch at the Thirsty Lion and then drove my dad and Melissa down to Highlands Ranch to pick up their car. We hit rush hour so the girls missed dance for the night but after a busy day I think they were a bit relieved. It was a fun-filled, busy day and with all that walking there were tired little feet that night.

wings over the rockies

We had to divide and conquer for work today so B and Annabelle took off for the restaurant supply store and Gwyneth and I….well, we slept in. Once I got that lazy-bones gal up and moving we decided to check out the Wings Over the Rockies museum.

We have a membership at the Denver Museum of Science and Industry which allowed us free entry to this museum as well. Smashing deal! I need to be better about checking in to these things.

We had a great time exploring!

adams county museum | pancake wars

I was a working fool today and my girls tagged along for many an errand. They never complained. They just took it all in stride and were pretty sweet. They read their books in the car and didn’t fight and that is a victory.

Or last stop on the errand list was to check out the Adams County Museum. I had driven by before and thought it might be a great outing for Girl Scouts. We checked it out and it will be perfect. We set up our field trip that day.

Look at that sky. What a gorgeous day.

Those precious little feet and their favorite footwear. Isn’t it funny how our shoes can define you?

That evening Gwyneth’s friend and family joined her at Blue Mountain Kitchen for a Pancake Wars party. She came up with the idea all on her own. B helped them make basic pancakes and they were able to add special ingredients to flavor them and make their pancakes unique. They came up some interesting combinations.

Gwyneth and her girls. She really does have the most wonderful group of friends. Not just these ladies, but all of them that came to celebrate with us tonight.

Instead of cake she wanted a big ol’ stack of pancakes. I love it! She got one of each pancake that each of the kiddos made. What a variety! She is definitely our breakfast lover and I can’t imagine a better party for her.