Girls Outing - Lunch and the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

Dwayne took his youngest grand-daughters for an outing with limited exposure to the outdoors as the temperatures were in the single digits.  The original plan was to have lunch at Fritz's located at the Crown Center followed by ice skating.  The line to get into Fritz's was extremely long and the wait to be seated was well over an hour.  As a result, we ate at the Mexican restaurant next door and had a wonderful lunch of quesadillas, burritos and Mexican bottled soft drinks.  The girls were well pleased with this substitute for Fritz's.  The brief walk to the skating rink convinced them it was too cold to spend much time in the outdoors.  As a result, we headed to the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures.  The museum greatly exceeded their expectations as the doll houses and miniatures on display were stupendous and varied.  Their oohs and awes were loud and interrupted  by occasional squeals of joy as they ran from exhibit to exhibit admiring the beauty and craftsmanship of the models.  The second floor exhibit of vintage toys was not as exciting.  However, they did have a good time shooting marbles at the exhibit dedicated to the VFW Marble Tournaments.  The day was topped off with dessert and coffee at Starbucks on the Plaza.  The ride home was a concert of Christmas carols and plotting to convince Marin's mother to allow the girls to have a sleep over that night.

Paper Dolls

Miniature House Model

More Challenging Than Expected - Regulation Marble Competition