Grossology

We took the kids to the Children's Museum today.  Punky won tickets back in September at her D/HH picnic and we finally got around to going.  Punky was especially excited to see the temporary exhibit, Grossology since she sees the commercials for it on PBS.

 
The Grossology exhibit was ummm... Gross.  I think it was more appropriate for elementary-aged kids, but Punky did get a kick out of the machines that made burping and farting noises.  There was even an exhibit where you could smell armpit, foot, bad breath and anus.  We smelled them all...  What were we thinking?  It was disgusting!  Even though Punky was most excited for Grossology (and thinks the Children's Museums itself is called Grossology), we probably spent the least amount of time in that exhibit. 

The town was our favorite area.  After we finished the entire museum, we told Punky she could chose one area to visit again before we left.  She picked the town.  There was a grocery store, restaurant, city bus, doctor's office and post office to play in.  

Working the cashra (cash register)

Buddy loved each and every area we visited.  It was so hard to get him to move on to the next area.  He would not let go of his shopping cart/loaf of bread/crayfish/etc. and even threw a few big tantrums at his most favorite areas (those that involved water).

Another favorite area was the nature area.  We spent a lot of time crawling through the ant's tunnel system and splashing in the stream. 

Poor Buddy got called a girl two times while we were at the museum.  He WAS wearing a yellow shirt, but it had a dinosaur on it.  I think we might need to think more about cutting his mullet hair.

After the museum, we went to one of our favorite restaurants nearby.  Both kids ate their entire piece of pizza.  Yummy!

We had a great day in St. Paul.  The Children's Museum wasn't too crowded and we all had a great time.  We hope to make it an annual tradition!