Collin and Reagan had fun, but I could see that they are at the top of the age range for this museum; next summer, we will have to make a trip to the Boston Children's Museum - they have so much more for older children.
There is a lot that Katelyn is too young for at the museum, and unfortunately, we couldn't go in to the baby/toddler room. The museum has a rule that no children over four are allowed in the baby room. Dumb rule. If you have older children then you are just out of luck, your baby can't play in the area designed for babies, unless you have another adult to stay with the older children in another part of the museum.
Here is a little of what we did enjoy:
The Hispanic Market is always a hit with Collin and Reagan. They like to pretend to cook, serve food, and work the cash register. There is also a pay phone in the room that they like to use.
One of my favorite areas is this room full of pneumatic tubes. Scarves and sponge balls can be put in the tubes and the children can control the direction of the air. It is funny when the scarves and balls unexpectedly fall from the "sky" and land on your head!
Our favorite part of the museum is the water room. Just as I expected, Kate LOVED this room.
Of course, this room is a lot of fun for big kids too!
We ate lunch at Panera after visiting the museum, and now we are picking out clothes, emptying junk out of backpacks (yes, there is still stuff from the end of school in their backpacks), and getting ready to make brownies to celebrate our last day of summer vacation and the beginning of a new school year.
6 comments:
Looks like a great time!
Our San Jose Children Museum is very close to this one in content, at least it looks like this from the pictures. There are some rooms for older kids though - with computers and other gadgets. Kate's pictures are great!
A children's museum we've never visited! This one looks great. That's too bad about the baby room rule.
This looks very similar to a place we have called the Magic House. We have the same tubes with scarves and balls. That is always funny to watch the kids scrambling.
We have similar water stations too. I always start getting a little freaked out about how many germs are hanging out in that room temperature water with everyone's hands in them.
Abby's new favorite is Panera, because of the mac n cheese. Of course, it's $4, so it's not my favorite!
The scarf tube thing is always a hit with Sammy as well! I wish we had a water room! Looks like everyone had fun but especially Kate!
You can take Kate while the big guys are in school :) I do understand the need for the rule. Our local children's museum didn't enforce the rule and when my boys were babies they were run over by older siblings not being watched over by parents. I was very annoyed with the Mom, but she just looked at me and said "Well, where should I put my older kids while my little guy plays here?" Maybe, you should be paying attention to your kids instead of talking to your friend......
Ugh........... I wish our local children's museum had a water room, they always look like so much fun.
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