Tuesday, March 25th, daycare decided that they were going to be closed, and I was forced to take a day off of work. Instead of making it a boring day, I decided to bring Liam to the Lutz Children's Museum with a free pass, courtesy of our local library. Ever since the trip to my mothers (see previous post), Liam has developed an aversion to the car. I was glad that this Museum was relatively close by (as well as free!).
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| The inside of the museum, courtesy of the Lutz Children Museum website |
My husband picked up the pass for me the night before and we had until the following day (a total of 3 days) to return it. The passes are great, however, you are only able to use them at a particular museum once every month. We got to the museum around 9:30 and the place was relatively empty. It took about an hour for all the other kids to show up. Liam had a blast. Although the museum is small (1 floor with 2 main rooms), it had plenty to do for Liam. Below are some great shots from that day:
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| Liam went inside the school house, and was having fun with the abacus. |
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| Liam LOVED the train that ran along the ceiling of the museum. There was a button that the kids could press that would make the train run and blow a horn. |
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| Liam chased the train from one side of the room to the other. |
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| Waiting patiently for the train to come by again. |
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| This room is above all the stores you see in the photo at the beginning. |
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| They have a cow that you can actually milk (though its water, not milk). |
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| He liked pressing more buttons and hearing the birds. He even signed bird while they chirped. |
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| On the other side of the library was a room full of animals. |
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| And this was the largest bunny I had ever seen. |
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| Liam sat down with a complete stranger to have a tea party. |
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| Here is the train again! |
The museum also had a room that is called their shadow room. It's completely dark with a screen at one end. If you stand next to the screen and press a button, your shadow gets imprinted (temporary) on the wall. The museum also holds lots of classes but Liam is not really ready for a sit-down type of activity. It was a great place for his age group and I know we will be back again this spring/summer.
