Sylvia at the Children's Museum

Last week, Sylvia and I had a girls afternoon out together. We attended the grand opening of the newly remodeled Madison Children's museum. We had a good time.

There was a water area, where you could scoop and dump from a fountain, and all the water was recycled to rain onto the clear plastic roof overhead.

One of things the really caught Sylvia attention was a wheel that was hooked up to some pulleys on the ceiling. If you spun the wheel, you could move a giant cow up and down throught a large atrium area. She felt very powerful!



I thought the painting-on-plexi-glass exhibit was brilliant. The kids could paint, while looking out windows over Madison. When they were finished they could squirt water bottles on their painting, and use squeegees to clean it off. It was a fun, but relaxing area.

Sylvia also loved the new slide they put in. It is carved from a tree trunk. You have to climb up a pile of logs to get to the top. She is the perfect size for it.

She also loved the imaginitive play area, that was set up like a native village. She could play with the stuffed chickens, and load them into this cart to drive to market. We had fun playing in the little huts, and pretending to cook dinner for the baby chics over the open fires.

We have always called Sylvia our "Dessert Baby" because after all the chaos of having the older three so close together, we are finally able to take a slower pace, and enjoy the experience of parenting. I'll definitely have to take "Desset Baby" back to the Children's Museum. It was a great time.