Spring Break Fun Day 1

Kevin and I had the first 2 days of Spring Break planned with fun things for Ella to do down in Phoenix. It was fun for us too!!! On our way to the Arizona Science Museum there was a photo opt with some GIANT BUGS! Where else but downtown Phoenix can you take your picture on humongous copper bugs????

Ella liked the Arizona Science Museum. She thought everything was a game. She was not into learning why the exhibits were there, maybe next time. She spent a lot of time running from one thing to the next and smiling, so she must have been having fun. Where else can Mommy make you lay on a bed of nails.....I did not tell her beforehand what I was doing which probably helped! Once she found out she was not too thrilled, until she made Daddy try it too.

There were so many great things to see and learn. Kevin and I had a blast learning at each of the exhibits. Ella liked pushing the hands to make sound vibrations and riding on the chair pulleys. Of course she is freakishly strong, so NONE of them felt harder!

The rock climbing wall between the 3rd and 4th story was one of the best parts of the museum. This was the first time she has every rock climbed and she did it like an expert. No fear, just straight up the wall and then she repealed down like a champ. She put the boy who went before her to shame! Of course if we would have let her or had the time she would have done it at least a dozen more times!

Next stop....The Children's Museum in the old Monroe School. I was amazed at the art work and sculptures around the entire building. They had an entire wall of shoes all painted white and a ceiling covered in silverware made to look like a net. The classrooms as well as the halls are filled with things for the kids to play with. These tubes have suck bean bags through and then spit them out at various spots. Ella would put a bean bag in and then step back and wait for it to come flying out. She would laugh and then do it again! There were spoon frogs and laundry detergent fishes covering the walls of the grocery store and kitchen areas. These were two of Ella's favorite places to play. She made her own pizza and cooked it up in the wood fired pizza oven. Then she checked out all of the kids who had groceries. She would have stayed there for hours scanning the bar codes and making it beep. It was so cute seeing her be a kid. We got to the Art Room right before closing so we did not get to spend a lot of time there. Ella was able to paint the castle and make leaves for the tree house. Next time we will get to the Children's Museum early and take advantage of the Art Room since it something Ella loves to do. I would have like to have been able to do water colors and dough animals with her.