Children's Museum Fun (Long post)

  Ok, I just have to express my thanks for my older sister's thoughtful Christmas gift that she and her husband gave to my family this past December: an annual family pass to the Children's Museum!!!!

 (For those of you whom have never been there, or don't know even what it is, you are living in a sick world! :) Ok, maybe that's a bit dramatic...maybe.)

 Anyways it's this AWESOME musem that (as the name suggests) is children focused. It has MANY interactive exhibts (ranging from the Maze of Mirrors to the Waterworks to many more) and it seems that they always have something new! It is such a blast and my family and I always have fun when we go there.

 I have so many memories that I made there with my family such as sitting on the dinosaur, telling time on the water clock and even getting in trouble for throwing fake, squishy rocks at my Granny (they were, honest!) to be funny, or sticking my tongue out at my Grandma and Grandpa-again to be funny. (Mom didn't think it was. Lol : )

 Anyways, the last time I was there was YEARS ago, so when I found out that my sister was buying a family pass, I was UBER excited, hardly able to restrain from jumping up and down! When we finally opened up the envelope for Christmas that contained our passes, I was WAY more excited than my younger siblings, I think!

 So on Tuesday of last week my family and I went to the Museum after we finished school...and boy was it worth the wait!!!! Check out the pictures below!




Glass Art



 





 



This is a real train! They actually built the walls up around it!



Watch your head!



Sister #7 showing Mom her "tickets" upon boarding the train!





 

And of course we had to visit the Barbie exhibit, right?



 



Swarovski covered Barbie in crystals for her 50th anniversary!



Sisters # 5,6, & 7 had fun "designing" outfits for Barbie.






Notice how the boys are "strangely" missing in these pictures?

 Then, we went to Egypt...



where Mama wrestled an alligator...with help from S#7.




Messing around before our "flight" to Europe...

 


 




 









...where we saw a famous face.

 





The Frenchman who wore this jacket survived several concentration camps.







Each butterfly represents 5,000 Jewish children who died during the Holocaust.




Carousel Wishes and Dreams

 

 

Just Some Christmas Family Pictures

Well, here are some pictures from Christmas and as you can tell, my family and I had a GREAT time! (If you want a bit more of an explanation, check out my mom's blog here.)

Fork, Knife, or Spoon?

I read James 3 for my devotions yesterday, and if you know anything about that chapter, it talks A LOT about controlling your tongue.

 I was reminded of what my pastor's wife asked, two nights before,  as she gave a short devotional during our Ladies' Meeting: "Are you a fork, a knife, or a spoon?"

Forks pierce meat, knives cut meat and spoons cradle.  So, do your words pierce others, do they cut others, or do they cradle others?

 (I would also like to add, that when you use your knife, you also have to use your fork to help cut. Just like a knife and a fork go hand in hand, cutting and piercing words go hand in hand.)

 So, especially with all of the "hustle and bustle" of Christmas, try to make sure that you're "spooning" others with your kind words, and for other Christians out there, just because others act a certain way doesn't mean that you should. In fact, shouldn't we be even more cautious of how we act and what we say, especially since we come into contact with even more people during this time of year compared to any other time?

 Well, just thought that I'd share my thoughts with y'all. Take care, God bless and maybe I'll write again soon!


P.S.-Hungry now?