Phelps Pavilion

Today Brian decided to take a day off work and spend the day with the kids and I. We really wanted to end the summer vacation for Austin with something fun. School starts on Wednesday (20th) so this was kind of 'his day'. We started out by going to the Phelps Pavilion in Waterloo. It just opened in April of '08 so we had to check it out. There was a lot of neat art and fun things to do. I do think Austin was just a year or two too old for it, but he still enjoyed it. Most everything was hands on and had something to do with art or history. Like milking a cow, drawing with finger paint, or riding in the time machine. There was an area of art that with a push of a button did different things using pullys and cranks, etc. This particular one you had to get on the bike and pedal as fast as you could to create wind which then caused the different things to react to the wind.
There was also an area where they had puppet shows and you could put one on yourself. There were tons of puppets to choose from. Kezzie loved this!

There was also an area specifically for infants where Kezzie could get down on the floor and crawl around. There were musical toys she could play with and get her slobber on too!

And as we were leaving we had to stop and check out the cool waterfall. Kezzie and Austin couldn't get enough of that.

After going back to Grandma and Grandpa Smith's for a nap, we went out for ice cream before heading home. It was a good day and I think Austin had fun just hanging out with B, mom and Kez!