Museum Day!

Had a great day! Almost a year ago, we invested in a year membership to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. That was such a smart investment! Anytime we have a free day and low funds, its a great place to go! Or on a day where I have put in a lot of effort cleaning rooms and organizing toys, its nice to have a place to whisk the kids off too, so I can keep the place like that for just a little while. There are so many things there for kids to do and a lot of space for them to run "free." http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=513596655330116

Today, we decided to go have a fun afternoon there with some friends. The kids loved it as always, we enjoyed the visit with our friends and we left with two completely worn out babies! Im still completely jealous of the purple Christmas tree they have up! I really want one! Ive noticed they are still pretty pricey even after the holiday. So Im gonna be stalking sales and craigslist for one! I just cant bring myself ot pay close to $200 for one. I mean there are things we need more.

Anyway now that Ive rambled off topic, I guess Ill get back to my subject matter. I love that for the most part the structure and basics of the childrens area remains the same but they often bring in new things to see and talk about. I love that every time we go our kids are exposed to new sights. Its a great oppurtunity to work on speech. Today Finn was very into the block building/train area.

 

Thanks to one of the interactive exhibits(so much of the museum is interactive and geared toward kids of all ages!), we had the oppurtunity to talk about wind!

 

 

 

This is a little windy cyclone tube. They encourage you to build an object out of materials they provide to learn about floating on air currents. We built a pretty withstandable device out of just a cone cup from a drinking fountain taped to a small paper plate! Lorelai loved this! She sat there and did it over and over.

 

Building his own windy object.

HI! :)

 

Lorelai demonstrated some techniques she has learned in baby care

She even showed us what not to do with babies!

 

Generally when we go, we try to have lunch there in the cafe. In comparison to other onsite cafes Ive eaten in at other places like this, or honestly there is no comparison, the food is actually rather good. They always have fresh options such as fruit, sandwiches or salads. They offer a large variety of drinks not just sodas, but milk(and soy), gatorade, water bottles, and an array of juices. They even have some yummy dessert options. I happen to always get chicken strips though. Trust me they are quite yummy! They come with seasoned curly fries too! Now they arent necessarily cheap, I imagine feeding a whole family there could get pricey but we generally have things packed for the kids and just grab meals for ourselves. Im sure when they are older they will have something to say about this but we will cross that bridge when we get there. You do get a small discount on food if you have a membership though(you get one in the gift shop as well).

 

All in all, the day was great. We left before we got to the fun dino dig because it was getting too cold to have littles outside but we generally try to hit that fun spot too. So with that we left, within 5 minutes the kids were passed out in the car. I call that a successful day!

 

 

If you live in the Fort Worth area and are considering a membership, I recommend you wait until later in January when the stock show is here. They discount the prices quite a bit since so many people are coming into the museum at that time.