Krispie Kreme's 77th Birthday

In July Michal had to work a lot, and one particular Saturday as Lily and I were driving him to work so we could play during the day, we noticed a sign saying:

 - Krispie Kreme 77th Birthday - 

- Free Donuts - 

- Free Children's Museum - 

- 9 am - noon - 

It wasn't the free donuts that caught my eye, rather the free Children's Museum.  I've always wanted to check out the Children's Museum, but with it costing $7 for 12 months and older, I didn't want to spend any money until I knew what was inside and that it would be a good interaction for Lily.

So we headed off to the Krispie Kreme party, both of us in pajamas, no extra diapers or wipes for Lily, no make up for Mommy... but we got there right as it started and found a parking spot!

We were the first ones in the museum, so I let Lily just go.  Since it had barely opened, many of the rooms I didn't know what Lily was supposed to do.  Some are story-telling rooms, some are coloring rooms, some are exploring rooms - but almost all are manned by workers, and since it just barely opened, the workers weren't at their stations yet.  Nevertheless, I think Lily was just excited that it was someplace new for her to explore.

It was almost impossible to get her away from the "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" room.  She just wanted to take all the bears with her everywhere she went. 

After more children trickled in, and we saw what kind of things there were to explore - Lily wanted to inspect all of them herself.

One of the features of the children's museum is that they have a mini 'fake' grocery store where kids can go pretend shopping, and "next door" they have a Krispie Kreme factory where kids can make 'fake' donuts.  I think the concept was a little too advanced for this little girl, but she still wanted to check it out.  She was most interested in driving the Krispie Kreme truck.

By the time we came outside and went to all the fun booths that were set up, there was a rather large crowd of people who had gathered.  The longest line was for coffee (so it worked out great for us). We just grabbed some free donuts, water, and went to each booth.  We ended up getting a free balloon for Lily, a free magnet, and a free slap-wrist bracelet.  

The day started to get hot, and I didn't want to chance a full diaper (with no spare on me), so we headed home.  By the time we got home, Lily was worn out from her morning explorations and she fell right asleep.  I love mornings like that, especially Saturday mornings where you get up early, do something fun, and take a nap from how much fun you had in the morning.