Since we have a family membership to the children's museum I decided that was where we would go. I knew it would be crowded, but I figured it wouldn't be that bad.
I was wrong.
It was SOOO crowded. Ridiculously crowded.
So we thought we'd go check out a planetarium show and then hit a few of our favorite exhibits. But the planetarium is under construction! So sad! And our favorite exhibits were so FULL!
We spent a bit of time in the Egyptian tomb, though, and that was pretty cool.
And then we hit the Jolly Days winter area and caught some fish, played some chess, and played in the ice castle.
But it was just SO crowded! Tess and Cole did not do well in the crowds. They had been fine at Disney, but I think that's because it was outside in good weather. This was inside and they did not like it. So we decided to skip the exhibits and go wait in line for the Yuletide Slide. It was a long line but we were waiting probably less than 20 minutes, so it wasn't that bad.
And we had applesauce packs, so life was good.
But we were also forced to listen to the cheesy holiday singing show going on below. Oy.
Tess and I went down the slide hand in hand because she was a little nervous. Spencer went by himself and was so fast I didn't get a picture! And Josh and Cole raced.
Despite the video and photo finish, Josh still claims he won. Sometimes that boy ain't right.
It was so crowded at the museum that we decided to just eat our packed lunch in the car. None of us wanted to deal with getting a table in that packed lunch area! So we ate our lunch and headed off to Costco because I had some returns and a few things to pick up.
The kids were very good and, apparently, very hungry when we were done so we had to splurge on frozen yogurt, churros, and soda. They declared this the best part of the day. I couldn't blame them - that frozen yogurt is pretty tasty.
With full tummies and happy hearts we headed back to the car. And then I looked in the passenger window and my heart dropped. DANG IT.
At first they couldn't believe it. Spencer rolled his eyes, as if he couldn't believe his rotten luck in getting such an airhead for a mother. (In my defense, this is only the 2nd time in 22 years of driving that this has happened to me.) Josh couldn't believe his tablet was stuck in there and he couldn't get it right then. And such a thing had never occurred to Cole or Tess. They kind of freaked out. Cole claimed he didn't want another car - he wanted ours! He thought we'd have to get a new one! And Tess moped and cried and generally acted 4 years old.
So I gave a prayer of thanks for smart phones, because I knew life in this situation would be much, much harder. I called Lance, just on the very off chance he could come get us. No dice. So I looked up some auto locksmiths, called one, and we were good to go within 30 minutes. Seriously, no time at all.
While we waited for the locksmith to get there I regaled my children with stories about uncle Kevin getting locked in the car as a baby and getting locked in the Hotel Utah bathroom as a toddler. Kevin got locked in a lot of places as a kid. They were sufficiently entertained, especially with the idea of toddler Kevin flushing the toilet over and over again and unrolling all of the toilet paper!
It wasn't our best excursion ever, but certainly one of the most memorable!
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