Betty Brinn Children's Museum

Today, Nana took us on an adventure to a new museum out of state! OK, so it was just over the boarder into Wisconsin, but it was fun to cross the state line nonetheless. The first thing that caught our eyes was this motorcycle jungle gym thing. We played in it for a long time.
Then, the huge Brio train engine jumped right out at us, so we had to explore that next!

Then, we moved on to the outdoor camping area, where we got to fish, row the boat, build a bird house and play in the cabin. We also learned how rain comes down from the sky and ends up helping our veggie garden grown.

Here is the demonstration of precipitation.

Amelia thought the vegetable bed was comfy enough to sleep in!

Here in the "forest" we pretended to plant saplings. The "dirt/soil" chunks were the made out of a recycled plastic, but were so fun to feel and play with.

They had a tent set up that inside had a poster that showed you how to make neat shadow puppets. We can't wait to go real camping this year!

Nothing like a little rock climbing out in the great outdoors!

Is that an animal hiding in the log home??? Nope, it's Amelia!

James really enjoyed working in the the ranger station. He worked hard keeping an eye out in the lookout tower for any forest fires on the horizon!

Then, it was time to perform! A little dancing, a little dragon slaying and just plain silliness on the stage!

Even Nana got into the act! She's so fun!
She also helped announce our performances to the audience and worked the curtain for us!

The Dancing cow, starring Amelia Hamilton!!

They even had a dance room area!!! There was a video camera that put us on the TV.

The last area that we explored was a gigantic board game all about making healthy choices. James is practicing washing his hands. We had so much fun exploring the museum, we will definitely have to come back soon! On our way out, our tummies were rumbling, so Nana programed Old McDonald's into her GPS and away we went!