Our trek began early Monday morning when our alarms went off at 3:20am. We slowly got up, dressed, packed some last minute items, got Mikayla up and loaded the car. She stayed asleep until we hit the road and then was wide awake! This was not looking good for her first plane ride, since technically she would be a "lap baby" and not have her own seat unless there were empty ones on the plane. Turns out we were really lucky and there ended up being one extra seat on the plane. This meant we were able to take her car seat on the plane (a definite recommendation for anyone traveling with toddlers or younger) and strap her in like she was in the car. I was prepared for a long three hours of entertaining, but Mikayla was amazing! She was kept looking out the window and saying plane and smiling really big! We didn’t have to hardly use any of the "ammo" we brought with us. The only tricky part was changing a poopy diaper in the airplane bathroom!
She managed to stay awake until the pilot said it was time for us to start descending and she managed to fall into a deep sleep…go figure! We opted to keep her in the car seat since she was asleep and carry that around the airport. It only looked a little ridiculous I am sure! We went straight from the airport to The Children’s Museum of Denver. It was a nice museum and they had a great area designed for birth-4 year olds. It is hard to compare to our trip to Indianapolis Children’s Museum because size wise there is no comparison, it is much smaller. But still very nice and despite being a little tired (parents, not Mikayla) we had a blast.
The rest of our day consisted of napping, eating at a Mongolian Grill for dinner, an ice cream treat and walking around downtown Denver. Side note – I have decided to make it my goal to eat at a local ice cream joint at least once a day!! Here are some shots from the museum, I didn’t get any on the plane or during the evening.
Bubble Station – I think Daddy had as much fun as Mikayla. I think we went to this exhibit like three times before we left!
She liked painting until she got paint on her hands!
Dress up – Royalty!
Building with Daddy
Dressed up as an ant (they had dress up stuff at each station area)
In the ant tunnel with Daddy.
Conductor Kickert
The Vet’s office – Checking on the animals in the kennels.
Taking care of the sick kitty.
The remainder of the pictures are from the birth-4 year old area. Very well put together!
Inside the home area. It was all wooden furniture, dishes, washer, bunk beds, etc. She loved being in here and pretending like she was eating and drinking!
On the fire truck – this was the last place we went and in case you can’t tell the 4am wake up call is catching up to her! She was beyond ready for a nap!
