august was a while ago... raleigh half

we decided to take a trip to raleigh in august as well.  chris had a friday off and we wanted to take the opportunity to go to the temple there... we drove out thursday night and stayed in a hotel...  that morning chris and daniel played in the hotel pool while i went to the temple (so great to go!) and then that afternoon we went to the north carolina natural science museum and then to the children museum... the childrens museum was so cool!! they had so many neat areas to play in.  the imagination play on the first floor was my favorite.  i would have loved having somewhere like this to play as a kid. and daniel had some good fun too.

his favorite was probably this red car.  he went back to it several times....

they also had a really cute grocery store with shopping carts and check out area and then attached was a restaurant with a full kitchen.  a boat with life jackets. an ambulance that had a bed in the back and you could drive in the front and on the side was a whole new born baby section... so cute!!!! and the fire engine with costumes to put on...

the veterinary hospital was probably the cutest.... all you would need to take care of your sick animal... 

the farming area was totally fun.  area to feed the pigs and cows and plant vegetables and dig for potatoes and feed the baby cattle and hunt for the eggs. 

giant pirate ship

outside there was a little area to dig in and play with trucks... of course he had to push around a truck for a while...

the bank upstairs was so fun.  these little green balls were the money and there were so many different places you could take and deposit the money.  he loved sending it up the teller shoot.

chris loved the sports room.... had basketball hoops of various heights.

you could even drive the city bus!!

he also loved playing with this huge wood cars set and track.  he pushed cars around for a long time on here.

neat window at childrens museum

that night we had some dinner and back to the hotel for a little more pool time and bed.  the next morning chris went to the temple and daniel and i went to this beautiful park.  completely shaded by green lush trees (dont have this out west in the desert) he ran around for quite a while.

then when chris was done we headed home.  daniel slept or watched elmos world the whole way and was so good in the car.