cosi

we stayed in columbus last night (at our favorite hotel) so that we could go to cosi today. the kids were SO excited. about the hotel and a trip to cosi. there was a new (to us) exhibit at cosi today about traveling with legos. they could have stayed all day. there was even a little 'store' that was extremely tempting and we got a few birthday ideas. there were lots of landmarks from around the world built from legos and bins of legos for the kids to play with and race.

mason's favorite

and then we were off to see the rest of the museum. we even took in a "magic treehouse" planetarium show which was enjoyed by all (even if i had to close my eyes for a bit because of the spinning making me sick).

trying so hard to smile for his picture.

manning and me "under water"

the kids love lifting the car.

the lego art was pretty impressive. these are some of our favorites.

mason took this one for his teacher.

madelyn and daddy were asked to be part of a language study. they were asked to group colors into different numbers of groups. in some languages, there are only four words for colors where as we have hundreds in english. they are studying if the grouping is innate or cultural. it was interesting to think about and watch how they grouped the colors.

maddux (on a bike) racing daddy (running)

my birthday flower from maddux

dramatic madelyn

madelyn and manning shared an audio book on the way home.

when we were completely exhausted, we headed home. this was such a great trip. and now it was time to get ready for easter! love.