Monday (Aug 2) we spent the day at the
Portland Children's Museum. This was a fantastic place for our family to visit! They have a water play room,
a fully stocked pretend grocery store
and café,
a boat, a building room, and a dress-up theater complete with ticket booth.
Violet had fun building with some giant logs while the older kids visited the "Build it" exhibit (for 6 and older). They got the chance to choose from a wall full of recycled materials and build their own "city scape".
By the time we'd done all that it was time for lunch,
and the kids' creations needed time to dry, so we hopped back on the MAX (right outside the Museum) and rode it in to downtown for lunch at Samurai food cart (fantastic Japanese food). We also took the kids to Pioneer Square to visit Caleb's brick (set there as a remembrance to my best friend's first son when he died). This was the first time for Randy or the kids to see the brick. It brought back memories of past trips to Portland for Audrey. She even requested to go back and see it once more before we went home. After that we wandered over to Powell's Books and sat in the Children's section for about an hour, browsing through the stacks. We gave each kid $5 to spend on used books...they each found 1 or 2 to their liking! Since the Build It exhibit closed at 4, we headed back to the Museum to pick up the kids' creations. The rest of the museum, however, was open until 5. So we let the kids play for another hour.
Isaac having fun in the dig pit.
Violet loved played veterinarian in the fully equipped animal hospital!
After such a full day we headed back to Ben and Alli's and relax, play with Clark, and BBQ in the backyard!
a fully stocked pretend grocery store 
and café, 
a boat, a building room, and a dress-up theater complete with ticket booth. 
Violet had fun building with some giant logs while the older kids visited the "Build it" exhibit (for 6 and older). They got the chance to choose from a wall full of recycled materials and build their own "city scape". 
By the time we'd done all that it was time for lunch, 
and the kids' creations needed time to dry, so we hopped back on the MAX (right outside the Museum) and rode it in to downtown for lunch at Samurai food cart (fantastic Japanese food). We also took the kids to Pioneer Square to visit Caleb's brick (set there as a remembrance to my best friend's first son when he died). This was the first time for Randy or the kids to see the brick. It brought back memories of past trips to Portland for Audrey. She even requested to go back and see it once more before we went home. After that we wandered over to Powell's Books and sat in the Children's section for about an hour, browsing through the stacks. We gave each kid $5 to spend on used books...they each found 1 or 2 to their liking! Since the Build It exhibit closed at 4, we headed back to the Museum to pick up the kids' creations. The rest of the museum, however, was open until 5. So we let the kids play for another hour. 
Isaac having fun in the dig pit. 
Violet loved played veterinarian in the fully equipped animal hospital! 
After such a full day we headed back to Ben and Alli's and relax, play with Clark, and BBQ in the backyard!
1 comment:
Wow That children's museum looks a lot like the one in Denver! I loooove places like that!
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