Our Visit to the Crayola Factory

For more Memorial Day weekend fun, we decided to head to Western New Jersey to spend the day with my long time family friend, Pat. She invited us for the day and fixed us a great lunch! Then we headed to the Crayola Factory for the afternoon. The kids had a great time and we were able to meet up with Don's cousin and her kids as well. A great time was had by all! At the entrance to the Crayola Factory

This was a cool clear wall that the kids could write on with markers and make very cool images.

Mzee coloring at the enormous crayon carousel.

Milan coloring with Daddy at the Crayon carousel.

Milan and Mzee making a GIANT sandwich in the toddler area.

Mzee and Jen having fun...

Mzee and Modi hard at work on their watercolor masterpieces

Milan and Jen taking a turn at the watercolors too

Jen LOVES to paint!

Having fun with Model Magic

Everyone is hard at work

Jen, Modi and Carol

At the entrance to the Canal Museum, which is in the same building as the Crayola Factory. The concept was cool, but the process was VERY slow!

Milan playing with one of the canal boats. This was before we found out how much of a production it was to move the boats through the canals. The kids really had a great time. It was crowded though so it seemed like it took forever for each kid to get their boats through all the canals. They had to do all the work to close the gates, let the water in by opening the wickets, I think that is what they were called, anyway. They had to both raise and lower the boats throughout the long course, they also got to load cargo and deliver it.

Mzee concentrating on getting his boat, er, ship, to the place where he can load the coal.

Mzee, Jen and Modi

Mzee and Modi showing each other some love.

More hugs, the kids were in a very "huggy" mood at the end of the day!

Awww, what an adorable hug!

Back at Pat's house, Mzee and Milan were having fun with all of the toys she had there. Mzee knew when we were going to Pat's that she does not have small kids so asked me ahead of time if she would have toys...and oh did Pat have toys. I think the Mardi Gras beads and the pink phone were the biggest hits!

Milan spent most of her time at Pat's putting on and taking off all of these beads. It nearly became an obsession with her throughout the day. She LOVED these beads!