Naples Childrens Museum

The Mamas & I gathered our munchkins (6 kiddies total) and headed down to the Naples Museum for the day.  Connor & I had fun riding along with Ryder, Landon & Danielle...

The boys ready to hit the road...(Landon is looking equally cute-just sitting too far over for me to get him in the frame)

We did our best trying to find a place that would entertain the babies and the 3 year olds...the maze was a favorite!

The tree pictured below has a McDonald's type climbing apparatus up the center of it that the kids could go up alone then climb back down.  I waited patiently for my child to return to me and once he reached my level again, he goes "Mom, my shorts are wet..."

Ahhhhhhh!!!

We were a good hour from home, I did not have a change of clothes, we had only been at the Museum for about a half hour, and Connor was in potty shorts, underwear, and crocs.  I thought quickly and rushed to the bathroom...

I was in survival mode.  I went in the stall, washed him off, rinsed out his clothes and shoes, and ran them under the high pressure hand dryer.  Connor hates the sound of the loud hand blower, so he was crying while I was drying and running around without any bottoms on in the bathroom.  I scooped him up, hopped in the handicap stall, reclothed him, was ready to leave, then heard a man enter the bathroom.  As I opened the stall door, I thought it was pretty odd to see a guy in the ladies room.  He began to use the urinal, so then I thought...what's a urinal doing in the ladies room?!?

Then I had an "Ah ha" moment.  I had seen the sign on the bathroom entrance that said "Boys room" and didn't think twice.  I had a boy, he was covered in pee, I was in the right spot.  DUH!

I didn't even stop to think I was in the "Mens room."  I scooped up Connor, bolted for the door, and didn't look back!

After the potty incident, we recovered, and headed to the mini restaurant where Connor, Ryder and Sophia "cooked" for me!  Ryder was cute as can be at the checkout counter.

Me: "So how much do I owe you for my bowl of eggs and noodles?!"

Ryder: (pushes about 10 buttons then looks up at me) "Nine dollars Miss Megan!"

He was pretty darn cute and played the role quite well!

After cooking, we did some fishing...

and grocery shopping...

And fed the birds seeds...

and checked on the animals at the Vet office...

and picked some flowers from the planters...

Then replanted the flowers to water them...

The skies cleared enough for us to go outside to play in the water tables.

The boys kept busy doing this for awhile...

Then we moved onto the maze...

and then some wall water painting...

We stopped in the "Seasons" area many times throughout our visit.  The boys could not get enough of the leaf blowing tree.

It was tough to get the boys to stand still long enough to do the News broadcast.

They were pretty darn funny with their microphones though!

We made our way back to the front entrance in a slow attempt to peel the boys out of the Museum, when we noticed we never stopped in the art room.  The boys smocked up and worked on some artwork!

We loaded up, ran through McD's drive thru for a light snack, Landon passed out oh-so-preciously with a chicken nugget in  hand, and we made it back to Ryder's house.  Connor did not want to part ways with Ryder, so we had a precious meltdown in the parking lot.  Once we got a nap, we were all better! 

 The boys had such a great time together!  It was nice to try something new and have it turn out successful!