Museum Field Trip
Today was Field Trip Day!
We've been working on an Ancient Egypt History Pocket
so the new Egyptian exhibit was perfect!
Grandpa joined us today at the museum.
The last people who attempted to build a pyramid made a mess of it! David picked up blocks & instinctively knew how they went together. So Grandpa & I cleaned off the mess & we all set to work to build a pyramid from the ground up!
working...
Ta da!
We went back by the camel and David took a picture of me on it!
Maybe if I rode a real camel, I'd go into labor early!
The museum had a really cool Christmas tree up.
When I asked David his favorite part of the day, this spinning table thing was his favorite. We played there for quite a while & got the pieces to perform some pretty interesting tricks!
Inside the kaleidoscope with Grandpa.
Building a windmill.
Sitting in the Paluxisaurus track.
As we walked up to the Children's Museum wing, Grandpa commented that he remembered going to the when he was a lad. He said it was in an old house with a similar dragon to walk through to get inside. He was thinking that was about 1950. Then we saw this photograph:
Caption reads: "In 1947 the Fort Worth Children's Museum moved into the former R.E. Harding house at 1306 Summit Avenue. This photograph, c. 1950, shows the entrance to the Museum. Although the house no longer stands, the Museum continues to thrive."
Cool, huh?
Playing the musical bubble pipes.
They had a display of nostalgic toys.
Grandpa said he had a Cootie Game that looked just like this one. Interestingly enough, we were given a Cootie Game just last night...
This camera also caught Grandpa's eye.
He said his mother had one just like it!
And speaking of Cooties -
My secret sister gave me a Cootie Game just last night at Mom's Night Out, to play with the kids. So we played it together this evening. Our Cooties look a little different than Grandpa's!
Girlie Cootie
Hillbilly Cootie
What a fun day!
