A Grand Day!

Today was just plain awesome.

Cary was off all weekend and T.H. had some big things in store for the Vernon fam! Friday we had a little road trip planned, just some nice quiet time in a favorite little city...but Saturday was BIG!

Today was the GRAND OPENING of the T.H. Children's Museum, the T.H. Street Fair AND the farmer's market! We hit all three! Early in the morning we began at the outdoor festivities around the Children's Museum - because the line was so stinking long! Soon, we were pretty hungry for lunch, so we walked to George's Cafe for my new favorite veggie sandwich - a Lebanese grilled cheese - falafel, hummus & gyro! OH YEAH! That was insanely delicious and I cannot wait to go back!

After lunch we headed back and hit the street fair and the kiddie games, McKinley had so much fun. We walked around the farmer's market, inside clabber girl, and took a horse & wagon ride with our favorite guy...and Bud, the horse. SO FUN!

Finally, we were brave enough to go for the still-way-too-long line at the Children's Museum. This line literally wrapped around the block. Cary and McKinley entertained themselves with ice cream, a hay maze, a bio-fuels truck and face painting while I stood in line...hmmm...what's wrong with this picture? Just kidding! I didn't mind a bit because I get McKinley and all the fun to myself EVERY Saturday, it's the best thing EVER for me (and McKinley!) when Cary gets a chance to do it. They had a great time...and I'll admit that I had a little tear in my eye when I looked at my boys, both smiling ear-to-ear and laughing together and making amazing memories.

At last we were inside the museum and off we went! Three hours later we were exhausted, hot and our ears were ringing from the ridiculous amount of people! It was great! McKinley loved everything. I loved it when McKinley and Cary made it count when they took a silly photograph to commemorate the day. There was a tree house, a race ramp, a giant dinosaur, digging, ball launching, mechanical pony rides...and the most awesome WATER TABLE!!!!!!

After all that fun we were starving again! So, we again walked to more of downtown's yummy offerings. Pizza at Wise Pies! It was the perfect way to wrap up our tour of downtown. We dined al fresco and even got to see one of McKinley's classmates and her family!

We will all sleep well tonight. What a fantastic weekend and a wonderful thing to see come to fruition for T.H. Awesome!

Lynn