Spring Break!!

We went to Topeka for a little get away over Spring Break. We left Wednesday and came back Thursday. It was a lot of fun. One thing we did was go to the Kansas History Museum. It was a lot of fun. They had a play area with a train to climb on and lots of dress up stuff.
The boys liked the Indian tepees and small replicas of Indian villages.

This was the highlight of the museum. It was a completely refurbished 1880s train. It was dark in this part so the pics didn't turn out very well. They loved this. It had an engine with 3 cars that you could look in and even go into parts. It was amazing.

This was the park outside.

This was in the play area.

The first thing we did was go to the capitol. There was so much construction which made it really hard to see anything inside the capitol building. We went on the dome tour and Matt actually stood on the balcony right above the green dome. The boys and I made it as far as the top square windows.

This was taken from the second floor looking up toward the dome. At the top of the pic is a little staircase. Remember that staircase!

My pictures are backwards! This Matt at the top of the dome. You actually get to go outside on a balcony right below the Indian sculpture! He was the brave one in the family. Actually Ethan wanted to go but I wouldn't let him!

I took this pic with my sister Kristi in mind! When we got to this part of the tour it actually took my breath away. I made it a little further than this level but not much! Matt admitted that his hands were sweating a little on the way up.

The staircase behind us leads up to the outer dome (the previous pic). I had no idea what came next at this point. I actually thought that those stairs let to the end of the tour! We stayed the night at the Super 8 right next to Forbes Field (the air base). We saw lots of aiplanes and helicopters land which was a bonus. The boys loved sleeping in the hotel and getting to go to breakfast in their pjs. We hung out in the room until check watching tv and playing. Then we headed to the Barnes and Noble (to play with the Thomas train) and the mall because Ethan wanted to ride the escalator! It's amazing how much fun you can have for free or minimal cost.