Monday, May 30, 2011

Memorial Day Part 1-Treehouse Museum


We ended up spliting our Memorial Day activities. Part 1 was tons of fun and one we'd been planning for awhile. We went to the Treehouse Children's Museum with Sarah. We keep trying to go with her but due to work scheduals, it's never worked out. Well finally found a day and we ceased it. Here is some pictures of the SNOW on the way down to the valley. Yeap, we woke up to snow on Memorial Day, and the whole rest of the morning it rained and hailed. Perfect Mourning weather-but not go outside weather.

We dediced to go right when it opened to avoid the crowds as much as possiable. The rain brought in a quite a few other people at 10:00 am. It was a ton of fun! The have different sections and activies, perfect for all ages, and there are books to read at each "gallery" and suggested reading as well for different ages, interactive activies, and an art garden. We didn't even do all the exhbits, there is just so much, and it's a bit cheaper then the Children's Museum in SLC. So if your in the Valley area and wanted to do the 2 hour drive to SLC--I would suggest the Tree House http://www.treehousemuseum.org/ (There, just saved you some driving time and a little money= overall a litt bit of your sanity still intact-You're Welcome)
One of Heidi Anne's favorites right off the bat was the Fire Truck. 





  
Another favorite of hers was the "Around the World" where the kids play in playhouses and experience different popular books, or what counties their favorite fairy tales came from. Her favorite houses were Great Britain (we had Quite the tea party in England), Mongolia, and a Teepee. They also had Mexico, Germany, China, and a little bit for Japan.

There was a Pioneer school house-where Heidi Anne played with some other little girls for a bit. It was pretty cute.
Another section she liked was the Wild West. She got to ride Bucking Broncho's and wild bulls. She then got a story from Sarah by a campfire. Then went back to playing with barn animals. We couldn't get her to go into the barn exhibit. (She was terrified of the animals-they moved).


Speaking of terrified-Sarah spooked Heidi Anne on the bridge with a turtle puppet. Now that was funny!! Even Heidi Anne laughed after she realized it was a puppet. But she still wouldn't go near it.

Then we went upstairs-and she dashed to the Music section. She heard music and left me in the dust. Daddy was able to keep up with her. Sarah and I lost them for a bit, found them. Then I was left. Meh-Downside of being slow and having a fast toddler with ADD-Hence, we were glad Sarah came. She would do the interactive displays with Heidi Anne and was able to keep up at the Speed of Heidi Anne without complaint.

When I found them again we did the doctor display. Kids get to care for baby dolls, look through microscopes, play with doctor gear, and other displays.

 
Next was the immigration station-I thought it was cute. They had a display that could double as a wagon / boat-to simulate both ways people immigrated. It was pretty cool.

Then came the Heros-What makes a hero-It was more geared towards slightly older kids. But you could dress up. Lots of good book suggtions too.
Then came the fairy tale land. It had huge cheese peices, a thrown, a stage, a fun castle for kids to play, lots of dress up. Lots of interactive displays. A whole wing of pretty dolls (the Mamde Alexander Fairy Tale and Around the world dolls-lots of ofther litiary charter dolls too). Sadly, at this point Heidi Anne was getting hungery. Thus the thing she would have loved third most-she slightly blew off. (First music, second was "England").

Afterwards we went to Sarah's for lunch. She makes a great Chicken Salad sandwhich, best one I've ever had. She made it just for me and it was great. She also made carrot salad and mango-coconut almost ice cream. (It's almost ice cream-but not 100%). It's like those frozen fruit cream bars.

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