Seminole, OK

I love this place. On a recommendation from one of Iain's fellow pilots in SD, we took a slight detour through Seminole, OK to visit what we heard was "the best children's museum in the country." I was thinking that was probably an overstatement. Nope. The museum is FANTASTIC (though I am a little biased by the fact that it has a working cash register in a little grocery store inside the museum, and I was able to convince Avery to let me take her turn on the register)! The town has a super playground, water park, a Western Sizzlin (which I haven't seen since I was about 10) and some baby geese that swam by us on our museum train ride.

Also, one highlight I forgot to mention in the last post. On Saturday night while in Phoenix, we were putting Avery to bed and I asked her whether she wanted mommy or daddy to tuck her in. She said "Reys", which is what she calls Audrey. Audrey was all over that, though she did say "I can't reach into the crib," so I promised to help her. With some coaching on the exact tucking in procedures, Audrey kissed her and hugged her, told her "Good night, Sweet Dreams, I love you," and I put Avery in the crib and Avery laid right down (which that, by itself, is a miracle). I told Audrey she needed to sing her a song, but Audrey wanted some help. So I started singing Twinkle, Twinkle, but Audrey said "no, not that song. We should sing Jesus loves me." So I started and Audrey started with me in a whisper and by the time we got to the end, she was singing full volume. Then Audrey and I walked away. It was beautiful. Stop reading there if you just want the feel-good version. The next part is that when Avery realized we were gone, she started screaming and I had to go back in and help her finish getting to sleep. But the next night, she asked for Reys to tuck her in again (though the next night, Audrey was kind of over that (she said she'd rather go play), but I convinced her to at least hug and kiss Avery first).

Anyway, here are FINALLY some pix from our trip. Among the pix: Audrey & Avery standing on furniture during the move, Avery at Audrey's dance class the morning we left SD, the fam in front of the meteor crater, playing in a random side yard of a plumbing company in Amarillo, TX where first Audrey used her potty and Avery taught Elmo how to play tag, Audrey & Iain shooting ducks at Bass Pro Shop in OK City, the girls on a 4-wheeler at Bass Pro Shop (we were able to fit an entire vacation into just that one store), the girls about to jump off a ledge together at the OK City Federal Building Memorial Site, some fun at the park, and the cash register/grocery store in action.