Rochester Children's Museum

Because this weekend trip was mostly about sightseeing for Taylor and I, I caved when Taylor asked if we could stop at the children's museum so Ethan could play. It truly is an amazing museum and worth every penny. This was the second time we've been and we didn't even repeat anything we'd seen before and still have 1/2 the museum left to see. We met my brother Jim, Sister-in-law Necia and their kids Madeline, Nathan (Ethan calls him A-than), and Robert. who just live 20 minutes east of Rochester. The kids were so excited to be there that they ran from activity to activity.
In front of the Berenstain Bears Room from Left to Right:
Madeline, Ethan, Taylor with Isaac, Jim with Robert, and Nathan. Ethan and Nathan are 6 months apart (my mother really appreciates how similar their names are, their other cousin born just 4 months before Ethan is named Ammon). Robert is also just 3 months older than Isaac.
Ethan and Taylor racing cars- Isaac wanted a piece of the action.
At one point Ethan found this giant chess game and came running up to me yelling "I need my daddy!" He promptly dragged him off here to play with him. I guess he's seen Taylor play too much online chess!
Isaac just happy to be out of the car and able to crawl around.
Let's all be serious here though, when Taylor asked if we could stop for Ethan to play, he was secretly stopping for himself. It was harder to drag him out of the museum than to drag the kids out. He played and played and loved every minute. This contraption above makes music if you put the balls in the holes, turn the wheel as Nathan is doing, and then they drop onto chimes and make songs. Taylor spent a full half hour here. Isaac was happy to grab an errant ball every now and then. So much for sanitary conditions!