still learning--even over christmas break!!

on friday, after days of lounging around the house, shawn and i felt we needed to get out and try to enjoy a somewhat warm and sunny day! we decided to take the kiddos down to the seattle children's museum--we had not expected too much, but were we surprised! we have visited other children's museums in various cities, and were always a little disappointed--but after spending 3+ hours in this museum we were anything but disappointed! the kids had a great time and even learned a little along the way. they have an area of the museum that rotates out different exhibits and right now the exhibit is mr. potato head and his adventures. it lets the kids journey through the depths of the oceans, go on a safari with tater, blast into outer space, dig in an archealogical site--to find tater parts!, and play with mr. potato heads in one of the best tater head set-ups i have ever seen--shawn and i even built our own tater heads! after spending an hour with mr. potato we ventured on to the rest of the museum---they have a "working" grocery store--where kids get to be checkers and can shop for groceries, they have a hardware store where kids get to build their own creations---i'm not sure who had more fun in this area -shawn or the boys--but together we made a mean little house! they also have an area where you learn about different countries--we were able to walk through a japanese styled home, a "sushi" restaurant, an african hair salon--after we felt we had culturally diversed ourselves we went to the story area....they had huge setups of goldilocks and the 3 bears, arthur, and an area where you could sit and read various books! probably the boys' favorite areas were the last 2 we visited--the art and creation station and the air factory! they both created a painting masterpiece--without getting any paint on themselves--i know a total miracle!--and they then chased ping pong balls through little tubes in the next area! i was super impressed with this museum--kudos to seattle! we would have probably been able to spend even longer in the museum but our pesky tummies started to rumble!!