Fun Adventure

My good friend, Kelly, and I had been talking about to doing something fun during Spring Break to get our boys out of the house. She suggested going to OMSI in Portland, and after we both went back and forth on whether or not we were feeling up for the drive, we decided to go for it. She traded cars with her mother-in-law so that we could all ride together, which turned out to be so great. Ronan and John sat in the back and they talked & played the whole way. Their little conversations were so cute, and Kelly & I got to talk a lot, too!

Here is Griffin, Eli, and Ronan getting ready to go into the museum.

John and Ronan by the giant dinosaur!
This was definitely the highlight for Ronan. He and John are both really into dinosaurs right now, so it was perfect timing for us to go when they had this exhibit! Griffin thought they were pretty cool, too, so that was fun to see (:

Kelly, John, and Eli checking out the dinosaurs.

There was a big 3-D wooden dinosaur puzzle in a sand pit where the kids could dig for bones to complete the puzzle. There was also an area with dinosaur puppets and books for younger kids to play with. We were really impressed with the diverse range activities throughout OMSI.

Griffin (16 months) and Eli (11 months) playing in the forest.

The kids and I in front of the museum. That dinosaur was so big we couldn't get all of it in the picture!

Such good buddies (:

Griffin wanted to join the big boys for a picture (: He's pointing at the big dinosaur...so cool!

We left after spending over 3 hours in the museum!
All four boys fell asleep in no time, and Kelly & I enjoyed getting to talk all the way home (: We were both so glad that we went, and we were amazed at how well the kids did. It actually felt relaxing and easy, which we weren't expecting!