After lunch, I really wanted to go to Explora!, the children's museum. My friend Emily took me and the kids last year, but Dave was in Colorado with his master's program. It is such a cool museum - way different than any other children's museum I have ever seen. It's more like a science and discovery museum. Everywhere you look, there are so many interactive things to do. The hard part is choosing which thing to try. The other thing I LOVE is the cost. Being that it's a children's museum, I can't believe that kids get in for only $3! Amazing. So, here are a few highlights from our visit this time:
Bria, Max and Dave playing with the distorted mirrors. Bria like the one that made her look tall and skinny. Where's mom? Definitely NOT in front of the make-yourself-fatter mirror! No need to enhance in that department!
They have a fun playground outside. The kids could probably stay there ALL day, but we only let them play for a few minutes. I love the roller slide they have - so did Max. We got several pictures of him going down.
Here are the kids riding on the elevator. It is huge inside and made up to be a very comfortable living room. Why take the stairs with this kind of luxury?!?
The room of mirrors was definitely very popular. There are mirrors all around - even above and below.
Bubbles are also always a hit. These hoops can really make some gigantic bubbles!! Even Max did great making his own rather large bubbles.
Bria is playing with aerodynamics. She made her own little floater. The gray circle is actually a vent that blows air and the little cups will float if you put them on there just right. Her little cup floater spun around and around. She was very proud of her little creation.
I don't think Max would have ever let us pass the train set by. Our kids liked the already built one but they had all kinds of little parts that you could use to build your own.
The kids are playing with water flow. You can move the little white barriers around and then watch which direction the balls flow down to the bottom. I secretly think that they were more interested in playing with the water than actually learning about water flow, but hey - that's okay!
These pictures are a little hard to see, but they are SO cool. This was kind of like a bubble mirror. The idea was to learn about the color spectrum that shows in bubbles, but the kids reflections were so good, we thought it would be fun to take a picture.
Seriously, if you are ever in Albuquerque, Explora! is a must!!!
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