Air Zoo

Yesterday we went to the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo. Rob, Jen and the kids had gone earlier in the week and wanted to take Emmy there so she could try out all of the stuff. This is here running through the airplane that they had on display there. There was a picture of soldiers actually sitting in it from WW1...I do believe!!!
Of course they had a few rides there for the kids to go on. This is one of them. They were hot air balloons that went up in the air and around in circles. I of course was very hesitant on letting Emmy go since she is still so small, but uncle Rob took her and rode next to her. She had so much fun...mainly looking for Kristina who was a few seats back!
This is Emmy and Tina in front of one of the many planes that they had there. Can you tell that Emmy was a little tired and bored at this point! This area had NO AC!!! It was horrible!
This was the very end of the trip. We are standing outside of the Air Zoo watching planes take off. Emmy was wanting to see the plane take off and I was showing her where it went. Yup, she is VERY tired and VERY VERY crabby at this point in the day!
All in all, she did very well. We only had to go to the bathroom once to let her finish her "temper tantrum" instead of screaming inside of the very quiet, very open, very populated building making everyone think that I was abusing her! She screamed for 5 minutes in the bathroom, I had to bend down to her level, hold her hands and ask her if she was about finished throwing a fit. She put her hands over her eyes, looked at me and sadly said, "Yes mommy." So, we walked back to meet up with her aunt and uncle and she was a very happy girl from then on. Amazing how they like to test the waters and see how bad they can behave in public. We had our understanding that it is not acceptable and she was good to go!
It is so much fun to see her face when she sees something new and interesting. Kind of a new perspective on things. Just to take the time and see something through a 2 year old's eyes is something so interesting.