Utah Trip 2009 - Discovery Gateway

One of our Utah mini-trips was to the Utah Children's Museum, also called Discovery Gateway. This is where Kristi works, so we got a bit of a discount. Meghan LOVED it. There was so much to do there that Mom got tired and took Addy home while Nana and Oompa followed Meghan around all the fun hands-on exhibits.

Utah Trip 2009 - Nana's Bounce House

Nana has more fun toys than anyone we know.

Utah Trip 2009 - The Blue Tube

One of the way fun toys at Nana's house is the blue tube. Fun for crawling in, playing Jack-in-the-Tube and carrying around to be the Tube Monster.

Utah Trip 2009 - Botanical Garden

One of our mini trips was to the Riverton Botanical Garden which is a nice little place with plants and advice on how to manage your garden at home. Unfortunately, someone gave Kyle the camera which means that most of the pictures we collected from that trip are different plants.

Fortunately, we didn't go alone so I was able to get pictures from Kristi's camera of the people enjoying the plants.

Other than plants and company, there was a neat little village of flat metal houses with doors just big enough for Meghan to crawl through. There were some other fun things to play with but we had to rush through because we arrived there too close to closing time. So maybe next time.

Utah Trip 2009 - Pretty Princesses

Meghan and Janelle had a rocky relationship from the start. For the most part, Meghan wanted to have nothing to do with Janelle. She displayed her displeasure with her aunt mostly by screaming and saying "NO! I don't WANT you Janelle!" However, she started singing a different tune whenever Janelle put on one of her dresses. Poof. She was suddenly Meghan's best friend. So when Janelle wanted to play with Meghan she simply had to put on a princess dress and they would dance and play cheerfully.