Random driving leads to Childrens Museum

After planning a hike out of town, we changed plans because Sylv was too cranky. So, we headed into Madison to visit the zoo... but I missed the turn and ended up circling the Capital. So, I we decided to stop into the Childrens museum which is across from the capital building... and what a good thing we did. It wasn't crowded, and we had a lot of fun. - Probably everyone else took their kids to the zoo!

Becca led the kids in a wild bongo drum band.

Sylvia enjoyed driving her "baby" around the childrens museum, taking in the sights.



Mattias tried his rodeo stunts on a cow statue.




Asher also rode the cow, but brought along several other cow friends.

Sylvia loved the "Cow Room" and found a cow her own size to rock and roll in.

In the cafe section, Noel is ordering some stir-fry... but who is behind the counter?

Yes, it is Aunt Becca! Running the show, making sure Mattias doesn't hit the ceiling lights with the pizza's he was hand tossing.

Sylv proudly wears a cow vest while practicing her parallel parking.

I'm sure these guys are not wearing seatbelts officer! Toss 'em in the can!

A good day of fishing was found on the second floor. Mattias kept playing with the sharks though, and needed rescuing several times.


After all that hard work playing, everyone was ready for ice-cream. Where else in Madison does one go for ice-cream, but Ella's Deli! Here is a shot of part of the ceiling. - It is full of whirling, twirling, rotating clever toys. Imagine this picture spinning so fast, it is a blur, and you get the feel of the Deli.





Here is a house specialy, The Ragady Ann. It is a giant bowl of 9 scoops of ice-cream, with bananas, whip cream and all the toppings! These three finished it off in record time. We are thinking about trying the 32 scooper next time... we'll have to bring Sean along for that one!