Children's Museum

My friend Aimee Stewart invited us to the Children's Museum with her kids today. It was Ty's first visit and he had a great time.

We started in the dinosaur exhibit. There were loud noises and simulated thunderstorms. Ty didn't seem to mind. He just kept looking around...

Next we stopped to look at the "fishies". Usually Ty would be totally into that, as he will watch the fish on our screensaver at home. However, at this particular time, he was more interested in watching the other kids around him...
Next stop...Fireworks of Glass, the blown glass exhibit. This is an area where the kids can play with plastic pieces that look like the real pieces they see displayed in the glass ceiling...

Then we were off to PlayScape. Ty loved this area and probably would have stayed there all day. There was a special area for babies. It was padded and enclosed, yet lots of room to roam...

...and climb...

...and play peek-a-boo!

Then we played in the sand. Luckily Ty was just barely tall enough to stand up to the table and play with a shovel, but not tall enough to get his hands into the sand...

This is probably the best group shot we got (although Naomi and myself are missing). It's tough to wrangle up four kids when there's so much for them to see. In this picture we are at Music Time. Ty preferred to try to chew on his maraca...

We sang lots of songs including "Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes"...

After lunch, we visited the Science Works area. Ty loved this display where balls navigated their way around the obstacle course...

Aimee helping Naomi walk on the big feet...

Ty playing with the foam rocks in the Construction Area...

And finally the Carousel. Naomi and Miriam were big girls and rode all by themselves...

Ty was in awe as we went around and around...

It was a fun day! Thank you Stewarts!