Abby, Max and I decided to take an afternoon trip to the Dupage Children's Museum in Naperville last Thursday. Mommy and Max picked up Abby from school early to be able to meet Ms. Shannon at the museum for the afternoon. Ms Shannon is very special to Abby and our family as she was Abby's first baby sitter when I started back to work after maternity leave with Abby. This past May Ms Shannon graduated from Lewis with her Master's degree and got married her US Soldier Dustin in June. Abby was Ms. Shannon's flower girl and still to this day when she hears or goes to a wedding Abby says "I am going to be in the wedding?" Oh Abby, too funny. We had a fun afternoon at the museum. There is tons to do for kids that is both education and interactive. You can see in the pictures there is a water play area, puzzles, bubbles, air tunnels and so much more. Max spent the afternoon in the baby bjorn that I wore. He loved ever second of the day, as he went for over 3 hours without crying or needing to eat because he was super stimulated. He ended up eating his bottle and passing out in the baby bjorn for a little nap while we watched Abby play for part of the afternoon.
There was a surprise in store for us also....the Dentist was also at the museum that day. So Abby received her first Dentist appointment. I was very proud of Abby as she didn't cry and let the dentist look and count her teeth with no tears. In fact, after we left (with a new toothbrush in hand), she was excited to tell her daddy all about her trip to both the museum and the dentist. What a great day we had!
