The Children's Museum

I suppose the title says it all. Today we went to the Children's Museum and of course, I forgot the camera at home. So, what does one say about the Children's Museum? Let's see...it is not walkable. It's not even bikeable. At least not yet. I suppose once we start tandeming around town we'll build up our stamina, but that won't happen until Georgie is at least one. So, I actually used the car today. If I'm not careful, I'm going to forget how to drive.

What motivated this strange defection? Two days of rain. Yes, I'm going crazy. I'm not use to having it rain. It rained on Sunday. It rained on Monday, and it was sprinkling this morning, so I put my foot down. This was ridiculous. The girls couldn't even run around outside to blow off some steam. Also, this was the second day Tanner had tumbled into bed at around 6:30am. So, we ladies piled into the car and went for our first trip to the Children's Museum.

Now, here is where my Portlandese gets in the way. I expected a HUGE museum with at least 5 different rooms of activities, and I expected the price tag to be HUGE. The last time we went to CM2 in PDX, it cost us $50 for all of us to get inside. And we didn't think the year long membership was worth the hefty price tag. So, I made sure I had enough cash. Made a cup of coffee and away we went.

What a pleasant surprise. The Museum is about 4 miles up Texas Ave, and behind some county offices. There was plenty of parking, and lots of big trees shading the whole area. We went inside and there was a little gift shop on the left, and the reception/ticket area on the right. The staff was really helpful and suggested that we get a membership since there were so many of us. I groaned inwardly wondering how long it would take to convince them that I didn't have the money for a membership. The man behind the counter pointed out that it would cost me $20 to get all the kids into the Museum, but for just another $20 I could get into the museum for an entire year. I blinked. Sounded like a good idea to me. I started thinking of the unbearable hot July and August days, and the cool air-conditioned status of this building began to make me think it would be a good idea. So, for $40, I bought a family membership so that all the girls, Tanner and I could go any day we wanted to go.

It's a great museum. Most of the time the girls spent painting on these large art easels. Kate painted a princess throne. Reagan painted a hodgepodge of stuff...and then tripped and painted Mommy's pants a nice shade of green. Georgie crawled on the baby mats and pounded on the piano keys. We spent an enjoyable morning, and I brought them home for lunch, and just in time to clean up the house before I had to teach.