Kansas City Vacation

I'm finally updating my blog! It's been forever, I know. Kristin is home sick today and is in bed, so I have some extra time. We had a great time on our vacation to Kansas City. It went too fast though, and none of us were ready to come back. This was Kristin's first trip there (that she remembers)or to be in any big city and stay in a hotel, for that matter. As we reached the city limits and Kristin saw the big buildings and big traffic, she said "Wow! This is a beautiful town!". Sunday night the weatherman was predicting record heat for Monday, which was when we were going to Worlds of Fun. However, God had other plans and we awoke to a cool, almost cold, rainy morning. Once we got to the park it quit raining but stayed cloudy and very cool all day. It was the perfect day to be there...not hot and not crowded. Kristin rode tons of rides, got her face painted and met the Peanuts characters. Her favorite non-ride was in Camp Snoopy at Peanuts Playhouse. It was basically a gigantic room full of air pressured ball blasters with foam balls all over the place. It was fun and there were as many dads running around as there were kids!







Our second day we spent shopping. I found great deals at Children's Place outlet and Limited Too. We took Kristin to Build-A-Bear which was the highlight of the day for her. She stuffed a bunny and of course had to dress her and do all that fun stuff. I think I had as much fun as she did! It is kind of expensive, but fun to do at least once. We ate dinner at the Rainforest Cafe, which I think has a better atmosphere than food. I don't care for the food at all, it's overpriced and not that great, but it is a really neat place to eat. Kristin was freaked out the first time it "stormed" and all the animals came to life. We got to eat next to one of the big fish tanks and Kristin was thrilled with all the "Dory fish".

On our last day we went to the Crown Center, in downtown KC. We have never gone there and I have no idea why, since it is so neat. We took Kristin to Kalediscope, an awesome hands-on art center for kids. The setup is so neat and makes you feel like you are inside a Dr. Seuss book. Kids can go in to the art center for an hour session and go crazy making art. They had a really cool observation area for parents and they had later sessions where parents can go in with their kids. It's all sponsored by Hallmark, which is based in KC (hence the CROWN center...that just dawned on me!) and is all free! After her art session we did a little roaming around the 3 levels of stores, then had luch at Fritz's. It was a neat little restaurant where you order your food by phone at your table, then the food is brought to you by a train that runs on a track around the top of the restaurant. So neat! I didn't take any pictures inside and don't know what I was thinking! I guess I was too busy watching Kristin have fun. After lunch we walked around some more and decided the next time we go back we have to spend a whole day at the Crown Center. We had to drag Kristin out of the Crayola store since we needed to leave before rush hour traffic hit. I think she would still be there drawing and coloring if we would've let her! We had such a good time and can't wait to go back again!

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