Summer Adventure Day

 Each semester, the kids complete a reading challenge. If they complete the assigned reading, then they are rewarded with an Adventure Day where they can choose a special activity for the day. 

For their Spring Adventure Day (that we celebrated a little late this year), they asked to go to Smoothie King (to try the Dude Perfect smoothies), and then spend the day at the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum in Seminole.

We visited this same museum last summer, and the kids had a ball. We were all excited to visit again. It's a great place to facilitate play, creativity, and imagination. 

Their traveling exhibit this year was a carnival theme. We all played many rounds of skee ball throughout the day. 

The firetruck always draws them in, especially with the costumes. 

The museum has renovated their outdoor area, so we explored that for a little while before it got too hot. 

These diggers were really fun. They've come along way since Matt and I were kids. 

Their favorite exhibit is always the theater. They put on several productions during the day. Samuel always helped with music/sound effects, Elisabeth directed, and Katherine danced and acted. 

We also did a little mini trial in the courtroom.

They all played for a long time in the veterinary office. They took turns with different jobs/roles. 

This water area is the boys' favorite. They stayed a long time trying to figure things out. 

The kids asked to play Supermarket Sweep in the grocery area. I gave them a list of items to collect, and whoever found them first was the winner. 

Katherine put on a puppet show for me. 

After lunch, the girls asked me to time them racing up the climbing structure.

Later in the afternoon, we spent more time in the theater. 

We stayed until about 20 minutes before the museum closed, so we could grab dinner and not get home too late, but the kids were still begging to stay longer. We ate at a local diner and then drove home. We had such a great day together. I told the kids how thankful I am for their behavior, independence, and responsibility during outings. Taking them places is so much fun and so much less work now that they're older, And as always, I'm grateful for the blessing of getting to spend each day with them throughout their childhood. Such a gift and a joy!