Monday, January 19, 2009

Pittsburgh Children's Museum

THE STEELERS ARE IN THE SUPER BOWL!!!
I snapped this picture while we were downtown heading home from the Children's Museum. I must say there were a lot of Steeler fans tailgating before the playoff game.

On Sunday we all took our very first visit to the Pittsburgh Children's Museum. Mom being as thrifty as she is, thought it was a good idea to get at least one visit in before Nate and Reagan turn 2 since the cost will then go up $16 for our family.

The kids seemed to have a lot of fun. We only had a couple hours at the museum so we didn't get to explore everything but both kids really enjoyed the Toddler Area with the Bird seed table. Nathan thought that bird seed was pretty tasty and I caught him putting some in his mouth a couple times. Of course the Water Play area was also a HUGE hit! I had know idea until we got there that they would have water fountains to play in. Luckily the museum had water sandals that you can borrow so we just stripped the kids down to their onesies and let them get as wet as they wanted to. Just as we expected, they had so much fun playing with the water fountains that they didn't want to leave (actually I don't think that dad wanted to leave either). They both had their typical "I don't want to leave tantrums" as we were trying to dry them off and get them changed. I did bring some apple juice to give them as a treat but apparently juice only works at avoiding tantrums when leaving the mall playground and not when leaving a water play area. I guess next time I will have to bring some M&M's too. Nate and Reagan also had their own favorites at the museum. For Reagan it was the Ball Maze and for Nathan it was running over a bridge made of see through plexi-glass with toys underneath it. Riley enjoyed the comfort of being worn on Mommy in the Becco carrier as we toured the museum. I don't think Riley had a clue what was going on because she slept the entire time and we never heard a peep out of her. We did get Riley an Exersaucer over the weekend so she was able have some fun at home.







Here are a few videos:


Reagan having fun at the Bird seed Table


Playing with the Ball Maze


At home dancing to the Wiggles



Our new game - Riding the high chairs!