Day 310 -- Kids N Stuff

Kids N Stuff in Albion is a children's interactive museum where kids can play with all kinds of cool stuff.  We have been going to Kids N Stuff since we moved to Albion and are continuallly amazed at the engaging, hands-on approach they bring to play.  On a whim, we decided to go tonight.  It wasn't a normal thing we'd undertake on a school night.  It had been a while since we had been there and the kids had missed it, big time.  They tornadoed through the Post Office, the grocery store, the water table, the garden and farm exhibit, and the messy art room (that's KNS's own word for it, I personally can't believe how clean they keep everything in there).  It was a lovely excuse to get out of our messy (that's my own word for it) house and do something fun at night.  It seems like lately, we barely have energy to do anything but get dinner on the table, get dinner cleaned up, put the kids to bed, and go to bed ourselves.  Instead, we had some moments where we got to see our kids be creative and to watch huge smiles beam from their faces.

Thank God for Kids N Stuff!

God, thank you for a refreshing change of pace.  Thank you for this cool place in Albion where my kids can play and develop their creativitiy.  We are so lucky to have it.  Thank you for a nice night and quality time with my kids.  In your name I pray, Amen.

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Jim said…
oh that would have been fun to watch! Love you!
October 28, 2011 at 6:26 AM
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