Wheaton College and the Billy Graham Museum

Our last day in Wheaton was 100% chance of rain all day long, so we decided to take Hubry to work so we could see where he had been studying and take a look at the museum.  I'm so glad we did this, as the museum had so many connections for us.  In the first circular room you entere banners hang from ceiling to floor with quotes from famous evangelists on them. - starting with St. Paul and moving to Gregory and St. Francis of Assissi and Martin Luther, etc.  These were all people whom we've read about over the past couple of years in our Trial and Triumph book.

At another point in the museum Songbird came running over to me and said there was a display with the same pictures from her Addy (American Girl Doll) books.  Again, such a contrast between my reader and my non-readers!!!  The younger two had such shorter attention spans, and even though my oldest started out the morning with a terrible attitude (probably due to lack of sleep), she ended up reading so many things at the museum and being very impressed by it.

Afterwards we went back to the hotel so the kids could swim all morning long.  At the beginning of the trip Raindrop was trying to remember how to swim, and by the third day she was pretty easily swimming across the pool.  They had so much fun swimming together, and I was able to wash and fold laundry while I watched them. (This Mama doesn't like swimming unless it's nice and sunny outside)!

After a late lunch of Crepes at a local cafe, we headed over to teh Wheaton public library where I read to the younger two and desperately tried to keep myself from falling asleep (what is it about reading out loud in the afternoon that is so drowsying)?? Songbird found a horse book which she made it half-way through.  And then it was finally time to pick up Papa and head to dinner.  Our dinner this night was at a fancy pizza place that we almost walked back out of (b/c it was so expensive) until we saw that all kids meals were only $5.  It ended up being delicious food at a very affordable price!

Afterwards we said good-bye to Wheaton with it's beautiful buildings and vast green spaces and headed over to South Bend area to reunite with my sweet college friend, Becca

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