Little Rock, Big Fun

The moment we were all waiting for! Can you guess? Look closely...who can you spot playing at Peabody Park?

 

The cousins!! Naomi, (some random kid), John, Christopher and Danielle.

Finally all together. (well, at least all the state-side cousins.) The splash pad was rated so-so, but the rest of the park was a thumbs up by the kids. It had multiple tunnels and cool rock climbing spots, that made the parents nervous!

The nearby River Market provided a cool resting spot and lunch place, not to mention delicious rainbow sherbet and princess cotton candy ice cream!

There's not a whole lot of sight-seeing in Little Rock, but we did check out the Clinton Presidential Center. It was a bit too wordy for the kids, but they enjoyed running the country for a few minutes in the Cabinet Room.

We also made a quick stop in the Oval Office. Thankfully, Naomi and Danielle were very well-behaved.

Speaking of thankfulness, we managed to get all the kids through the Chihuly glass art exhibit without any damage!

 

Dinner at the All Aboard Restaurant was a favorite of the cousins. Our food was delivered to the table via train! A hanging tray is pulled along by the train, dropped at our station and then lowered down (on your head if you're not careful!). Yes, pretty cool. There were 4 trains working and the kids had names for each of them.

NOTE: We also had dinner at Gusano's Chicago-style pizza one night - but no pictures from that outing. (And Jeff had it again for lunch before we departed Little Rock. If you're keeping track...that's 3 times in about 5 days!)