Monday, March 21, 2011

Houston Hike-Children's Museum

We woke up Tuesday morning to a delicious breakfast prepared by Chef Jenny, then hustled our bustle to get out the door so we could be at the children's museum when the doors opened. This museum was so amazing that it deserved a post all to itself. Seriously, if you are ever travelling in Houston with children, it is a must do.

With it being spring break, the place was a little packed, and a little overwhelming for Brinley at first. She just kinda walked around through the main hall, wide eyed, not really ready to dive into any activities for a while.
Eventually though, she found her fellow doctor's child best buddies in where other than the ER! Look, a little Drs. Zack, Rocky, and Tom!



Then we found Brinley's favorite spot of the day- the grocery store! I was even amazed by this and wanted to play too. They got their little shopping basket, picked out foods, then could scan it with a real computer in the checkout line!

We found Margaret in the ice cream section-

And Bekah picking out the perfect carton of milk.
Brin was a fan of the produce section!

There were some tears shed when we left this area. She could have stayed there all day!
We went on to the toddler spot for kids 3 and under. This was the perfect place for Brinley and the other kids to run and play freely.
We were quick to find the cars and this fun twisty ramp to send them down.
And a couple of cars went all around with us!
A giant lite brite! Hello 1987!

Eventually we caught up with Bekah and played with Easter eggs.
Just look at that intense concentration, let me tell you her tongue got a real workout on that day!

After the toddler spot, it was time for lunch so we made our way outside where there were even more cool things to play with!
They have a whole water play area and Brinley LOVED this water table where you throw various shapes in just to see them splash. Well, I actually don't know if that is the real purpose, but that's what we did!
Look at that tongue!

Seriously, she loved it.


Again, there were some tears and quite a few "waba peases" (water please) when we said goodbye to this area.
But naptime was calling for all the kiddos so we packed up and headed home. This will definitely be a repeat trip the next time we are in Houston!

2 comments:

Kristen said...

That place looks amazingly fun! I wonder if our children's museum in dallas is similar? Let's try it out real soon! I am so glad yall had fun. I am loving all the pictures of your trip so keep em coming. Wish I could have been there. :(

Jenny said...

You are so good at documenting and adding great commentary,teehee, the light brite comment was funny : ). She was so stinkin cute in that grocery store, she was in her element, huh? : ) Loved hearing you say, "next time we are in houston," music to our ears! : )