A trip to the MN Children's Museum

Sunday we decided Charlie is finally old enough to enjoy a trip to the Children's Museum in St. Paul. Since she is finally up and walking all the time now we figured she'd like to see all the neat stuff and maybe even interact w/ some other kids there. I looked online prior to us heading there and realized it was actually free entry 3rd Sunday. This was nice but also meant that the place would be PACKED. So we decided to go there later in the afternoon to hopefully avoid some of the crowds.

It worked a bit. There was no line to get in luckily but the place was still a zoo. It didn't help w/ all the parents w/ strollers totally ignoring the 'stroller parking' signs and clogging up the exhibits. I realize you need to bring a stroller if you have a baby but there is no reason to have one of those huge things blocking everything for your 3+ year old. Just a little common decency would be nice. Oh well.

Regardless we had a lot of fun and it seemed Charlie did too. She looked like she was in awe of most things and really enjoyed the toddler play area. We'll definitely be going back although I'm not sure if it will be on another of the 3rd free Sundays day. It may be worth the $9 admission to be able to roam and enjoy the whole place w/o having to worry about your kid getting run over by a stroller/bigger kid/aimlessly walking parent/etc.

Here are some pics from the day. It wore Charlie out too which was nice. :) Oh yeah, and how do you like her adorable Puma sweats? Thanks Brad & Erika!