Celebrate Kansas Day

We went to Kaufman Museum's Celebrate Kansas Day festivities yesterday. The boys were terribly excited to go and counted down the hours until it was time to finally leave.

 The organizers  have hands on activities for the kids just about everywhere you turn.
Levi and Noah worked hard to color sunflower hats.

 Oh! And Noah lost his other top front tooth on Wednesday. It still surprises me when he smiles and doesn't have his front teeth. :-)

 They made origami meadowlarks, too. I think it was their first try at origami and it seemed pretty challenging for Levi, but Noah had a good time with it. 

 Last year we had just about zero success with the activity of walking on cans. But this year, with a few helpful hints, the boys did great!

 We saw lots of friends there too!

 Inside the museum the boys found more hands-on activities. Planing wood,

 making bison, and box turtles (not pictured),

 and salamanders.

 The bean bag toss was a fun change of pace for them.  The further we explored and the more activities we found the more worn out I became.

By the end of our time there, I felt like a zombie. We made a quick trip over to Mojo's for some caffeine and snacks afterwards. Surprisingly, the boys still had energy to play at the park before we finally headed for home. It was a long, long afternoon but all of it was really, really good.