Lincoln Children's Museum

We finally took the kids to the Lincoln Children's Museum.  Lane has been asking to go back since the last time we were there...which was November 2010.  Back then, Katy was Scarlett's age.   I remember that Lane had a good time, but he needed lots of guidance on what to do.  This time, it was so fun!  Lane was good at deciding what to do and Katy followed his lead.  There were also lots of fun new exhibits which really kept the kids entertained.

Lane loves fire trucks right now, so he was thrilled to get to sit in a real one and run the siren!

His other love is space, so when we finally made it to the 3rd floor, we spent about an hour just in the space exhibit!

Katy thought this tractor was really cool.  It played videos of all the different farming seasons - planting, spraying, harvest, etc.  She kept saying "That's Grandpa's tractor!  That's daddy's combine!".

I thought this was really fun - the apples hung from the tree by magnets.  The magnets were on a timer, and at "harvest time" all the apples fell off!  We kept trying to catch the apples in the basket, but we were too slow.

Another new thing was a large room filled with foam shapes.  Lane finally got to build an igloo.

Katy discovered this room where the shapes on the wall interacted with your shadow - it was really cool.  Curtis figured out how to "fill up" his arms...then the kids tried.  Really fun!

We were there for almost 6 hours.  It was a good break from real life.  Scarlett does well in situation like this and it's really nice not to have to worry about putting her down for naps (she sleeps really good in the carseat and stroller).