Jon & Kate Plus 8 - Alexis and Collin

Alexis and Collin
Jon and Kate take Alexis to a reptile museum; Jon takes Collin to the Strasburg Train Museum.

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Alexis has her day and she's heading to a reptile museum. She seems stoked to go see an alligator. When the family was at Disney World, Alexis somehow ended up with a plastic alligator. And she loves him to death. She carries him around the house and shows him to the camera all the time.

The first exhibit is a huge pit of 2 crocodiles named Rocky and Adrianne. Alexis squealed with delight at seeing them. Next she got to see these massively huge tortoises. During this tour, there was a guide to tell them what they were seeing, but Kate kind of talked over him. And he did sort of talk way above her head.

The museum was really awesome. There were ton of exhibits and everything was super nice. It looked fun. And Alexis totally ate it up. She said hi to everything in the tanks and talked constantly. Oh, she is just so cute. The show kind of portrays her as the screamer, but man, she was just so cute and full of life during her day.

Alexis is the oldest of the sextuplets. She's super lovable and fun. But when she melts down, she is completely done. And that scream...oh that scream. But that's her way of getting the attention that she needs.

The best part of the day was when the tour guide brought out some stuff for Alexis to touch. First was an iguana named Iggy. Alexis seemed to like him, but she really got excited when the alligator came out. Oh man, she was so ready to hold it and hug it. She petted it and didn't seem like she could get enough of it.

The rest of the kids hung out at Aunt Jodi's house. The kids had a blast playing with all of the dress up. Everyone found some kind of outfit to put on and parade around. It seemed super fun. Unfortunately, Mady wasn't having a good day and spent most of the day hitting and kicking the kids. Poor Mady, I think she just doesn't want to be on camera any more. She needs some love and stability in her life.

It's finally Collin's turn to go on a special outing with Jon. He seems excited to go see some trains. But before he left, he headed upstairs to say goodbye, kiss and hug everyone. So cute.

The conductor met Jon and Collin at the front door and gave them a tour of the place. There were tons of trains and little exhibits for him to see. Man, he just loved it and kept talking and talking. This was like a man's playground. I know a certain boyfriend would *love* to be taken there sometime.

There was a coal exhibit and you got to shovel coal into a furnace. Collin had a blast doing this and shoveled and shoved. So fun.

Collin's the middle boy of the family. He was the biggest kid when they were born. Collin's an orderly person. He loves to line things up and make sure that everything's in order and clean up. He's so cute. I just adore that kid.

Back at home, Kate sent the kids upstairs to nap. By all accounts, it doesn't appear as though anyone was sleeping because everyone was running around and laughing.

The last thing Collin got to do at the museum was to drive a train. Which was awesome. He got to get on a train and see how everything works. And then they let him honk the horn. Oh man, that was fun. He seemed thrilled to do it, too!

SassySarah's Review: The kids had a blast on their special days. It was so nice to see them happy and loving life. Two thumbs up.