Colorado Morrows: Children's Museum

We bought passes to the Denver Children's Museum but hadn't used them yet. My dad is in full-on nose-to-the-grindstone mode on his book starting today, so my mom was looking for something to do. I've been nervous about going to this museum by myself with the girls, because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to keep track of them both, so knowing I had another pair of hands, I figured today would be a good time to try it.

SO FUN!!!!

This was the first exhibit we went to. They had a bunch of scrap stuff--wood, plsatic bottles, cardboard boxes, etc--and then all these little work stations with REAL tools and REAL screws and nails, and you could take whatever you wanted and make whatever you wanted. If your imagination needed a boost, they had project ideas on big laminated posters. This is Abby using a saw for the first time--or trying to, anyway. The progress you might be able to see on the wood is actually my doing. She had a bit of trouble, but it was also not the best saw in the world...

There's an exhibit sponsored by Whole Foods--a kid-sized grocery store, complete with check out stand, and a kitchen/restaurant. I'm missing all the pictures of the girls shopping, no idea why, but here's the checking out and cooking part:

From there we went to the anthill. There were really cute bug costumes for the kids to wear; Abby had an ant one on for about 3 adorable seconds before insisting on taking it off. Ths anthill had three tunnels underneath, and outside of it there was a "treehouse" and two nests. There were also giant cloth acorns and other foods I can't remember that the kids could store in the anthill.