(Trying to eat the feed while on the horse—yuck! The things they put in their mouths!)Jackson and I headed to the Everett Children's Museum on New Years Eve to burn off some energy before he headed over to Kid Heaven (Laurie & Rhett's) for the evening. I think we were both getting a little stir crazy!
What a blast we had! I have NEVER seen him so excited about something. I did a quick once over when we first got there and I was able to pick out the best places for Jackson to have some fun! It was a bit busy (they were doing a New Years party) so all the kids were all over the place! Most of them were aware and were watching out for the little guys, but of course, others were not, so I had to helicopter quite a bit!
(Trying to figure out this erector set)We started in the building block area, there were quite a few older kinds in this area, so I think Jackson was a bit intimidated. But he put a few things together and was ready to move on!
(Trying to catch the blinker when it flashed)He breezed by the bus, very excited by the blinkers that flashed on and off! The bus itself was full, and nobody appeared to be getting off!
(Enjoying the train tables—this is actually a stop over after we hit the water tables, hence the wet shirt!)So, he moved on over the the train tables! He is a little prone to stealing toys from other kiddos, but most of the kids there weren't having that, so he stuck to his little train and poked around at all of the little buildings. He was a little bit on the short side for all of the exhibits, but he could reach most of the train stuff! Once he realized the little guy next to him wasn't going to give up his trains, he was ready to move on!
(Chatting with the kids in the treehouse)On the way to the next area, he discovered this pole with a funnel on the end. As if he had been there before he picked it up and started talking into it, and surprise, surprise, the kids in the treehouse across the museum started talking back!
(Putting the feed in the silos)Next stop, the farm. He thought the horse was great! And knew exactly where the feed needed to go (the silo), and gave milking the cow a whirl too! There was a little guy following him around in this area though and he got a bit sick of that, so we were off to the next place!
(Guarding the Firetruck roof top)The next places was just for kids 5 and under! So, he took his shoes off as the instructions said and he went into the Firetruck area. It was a big squishy truck that he could climb on. He loved it! He kept trying to get to the top of the truck and would just act like he owned it when other kids came to the top! He did have to ward off some pretty big looking 5 year olds but he had a blast. He then discovered the slide! He wasn't very good about sitting and then pushing off to go down, he often just slipped and down he came. He didn't care. He still loved it! He laughed the whole way! He took a break to go check out the fireman in the corner and try on a fireman's hat, but then we were off again!
(Splashing other kiddos in the water area)Then the water area (had a known how wet he would get in this area, we would have saved it for last), this stop was worth the whole $14 it cost to get into the museum! He put on his apron (which was meant for a 5 year old) and into the water he went. Splashing away, so much in fact that other kids were getting upset that he was splashing! Oh well, I tried to rein in the splashing, but that's what the water is there for!
(Climbing on the plane wings)Then off to the airplane area, where he climbed on the wings action movie style, pushed some buttons in the cockpit and then wanted to go back to the water area!
This place kept him entertained for almost two hours! Nothing has done that for him yet, nothing! We will be back soon! I told Rick we should both take a day off in January and go in the morning so there are less people!
Here is a little video of the trip!
Anyhoo! More pictures in the gallery!
Steph