Momma Field Trip for Spring Break

First of all, as you view my blog you will continually notice changes over many months. 
I have enlisted the help of the talented April Showers in this big endeavor. 
She will come to my rescue with a blog make-over. 

All changes will occur over the summer-so in the meantime... thanks for sticking with my mess!

March brought us Spring Break.
 My children and husband were home from work and from school.
We decided no vacation because, if you remember---
our spoiled children just went to California in January. 

Instead, we went on a series of Momma Field Trips (aka  MFT'), in our Area.

First stop....St. Joseph, Missouri.  Home to cowboys and outlaws...

We ventured into the home of Jesse James. 
This is the home he was killed in. 
They had framed the bullet hole in the wall from where he was shot.  Creepy!

Next door was the "home of the Pony Express".

  It was an enormous museum with a giant train in it, several classic cars, and a merry-go-round that you could ride on.

Back in Kansas City, we headed to the Federal Reserve. 

It was cool, free, and worth the time. 

We all decided after visiting it we needed to rent the movie "Mad Money".

Although we drive past the Liberty Memorial once a week, we had never been.  It was very well done.  I didn't take any photos inside of the memorial because it made me sad.  War makes me sad. 

This is one of the only WW1 museums in the country.  

Take time to enjoy the view from the observation deck at the Memorial. 

 The view of my city is just beautiful!

More MFT coming...
I think it is important for my babies to know about the city they live in and the towns around them.
Don't get me wrong...you know I love to travel the world!

Momma Field Trip

After reading in the newspaper about the Moon Marble Company,
I decided to drag my family on a field trip. Moon Marble Company was having it's 10Th annual Marble Festival. It included marble artists, demonstrations, and a fascinating world of typical and unusual toys!


Here is a cool marble photo from Moon Marble's website. Be sure to check out their classes, pictures of their store, and field trips. Click Here!


All around the warehouse were local marble and glass artists selling their hand-made goods and demonstrating. We were all amazed by the skill, technique, and beauty of each piece...even a teenage girl (aka Hayden)thought it was cool. Watching glass get so hot that it can bend made science come to life.


As soon as you entered Moon Marble Company, you were greeted with jars, and jars of marbles. Each bin had a name. Sutton loved the Cub scout marble. I was a fan of the jellyfish marble.


I think Shane and I got such a big kick from the oddities of toys and gifts the Marble Store had. Shane picked up a box of band aids. Each band aid was a strip of bacon. They looked so real. Hayden immediately found a small boo-boo that needed a band aid. This painting had me laughing so hard! Next to the museum quality art, was a display selling actual squirrel underwear. This place would be perfect for gag gifts. Moon Marble Company also carries traditional toys and vintage toys.


Thanks for coming with us to the Moon Marble Company. It was a great Momma Field Trip or as I like to say a MFT.


Don't forget to get a marble out of his mouth before you leave!



Have you seen these on our local highways yet? When we were coming from our MFT at Moon Marble Company we spied this clever road worker.
His girlfriend works at the other end of the interstate.


XOXO,

Little Shop

When the weather is nice, I need to get out of the house and see the world. This week, the Ward's headed to a high school production of Little Shop of Horrors. We did not know one person in the cast. All I can say is WOW--it truly was well done! The lead, Audrey, had a Broadway voice. She stole the show with her acting and her singing. She is a Freshman in high school and I must say she just had that star "it" quality. The plant was incredible! It grew on the stage and was constructed from fabric. The actors actually slid in it's mouth and came out a back door on stage. Most people couldn't see how it was accomplished, but we were in the 3rd row. Even the orchestra was lovely. Very impressed at a high school production of Little Shop of Horrors. The kids made their own plants to sell. Here is one Miss Hayden took a picture of with my throw-in-the-purse Cannon. We went to opening night. The show plays on Friday and Saturday night this week. Go! It is worth the $7 admission. After all the applause and the bows, they sang as a cast together their school song. It was like the songs you hear in Grease. Just perfect!




XOXO,