Children's Museum with Grandma James

11 Oct 2008

When my mom was here we took the kids to the Children's Museum again. They had a really good time. We got to do lots of things that we didn't get to do last time.

This is called a "Kid Powered Elevator." It has a pully system that makes it so a kid can pull a cable that will move the cage up to the second floor and then back down again. It seemed like a good idea when Tyler, Derek and I climbed in but after about 20 minutes the "Mom Powered Elevator" was really really tired.

This is a neat water toy where kids can make rivers and dams with pieces of plastic. It seems like we did much of the same thing when I was a kid except that we were in the backyard on a dirt hill with a garden hose. They both sound fun but this one is considerably cleaner.

This is a cool thing. The kids stand in front of this blue screen and see themselves on a monitor with drum sets superimposed around them. When they move so that it looks like they are hitting or kicking a drum it makes a drum sound. It's like a virtual band thing. Tyler really liked it.

P.S. Gas went down again! The Valero station by Walmart on the 1604 has regular gas for $2.69!