Children's Museum

Niece, cousin, Godmother Jenny & I took the kids to the Children’s Museum 2 weeks ago. It was the last day to see the Curious George exhibit that had been installed all summer. The kids loved it. I was *better* than I thought I would be about them touching everything (I only sprayed their hands twice with anti-bacterial mist) and due to either good immunities or lack of bugs that day neither one got sick.

Their first interest was this wall in the Mr. Rogers area that had 26 doors, one for each letter of the alphabet. Behind each door was a shadow box filled with items represented by that letter. The B one had a Bunny, Barrette, Ball, etc. Well Mr. Nate can open and shut doors all day if we let him, but eventually other kids wanted to play so we moved on. There was a peg board that when you touched it the pegs indented so you could put your handprint or whatever on it. The pegs came out the other side. There were little kids on the other side pushing them back, which seemed to freak both kids out. How were these pegs magically popping back up? Jenny picked up Nate so he could play at the top without others interfering. Then he really liked it. Annabelle loved the grocery scale; I found a new job for her when we go shopping. Who knew? Nate was so into the peg board area. He just kept taking them out of one and putting them into another. I kept hearing Annabelle’s Montessori teacher in my head saying “if they are engaged in an activity don’t interrupt”. So as much as I wanted to say “Come on, let’s go do something fun” I let him go for a long time putting pegs from one board to another. They had a Smart Car on display. I was surprised at how Annabelle walked right up to it, opened up the gas cap, placed the gas nozzle in the tank and stood there with her hand on her hip. I had no idea she was so closely observing me the million times I have pumped gas with her in the car. I wondered if she will have to do this for real in her lifetime or if by the time she drives we will just be plugging cars in at night. The line to meet Curious George was at least 30 minutes, so we opted to keep playing and just get a picture with the statue. Nate liked beating on his head. Then we came upon the train table. Discussion over, Nate is done exploring anything else the rest of the day. For as much as I kept thinking we didn’t have the room I don’t think there is a way I can not get him one for Christmas. It was a really great day. The kids are wild about spending time with Jenny and so am I.