Omaha Children's Museum

On Friday we had some free time, so we decided to visit the Omaha Children's Museum. It was so much fun! If you are ever in Omaha, I would definitely recommend this place. The kids had a great time. There was a child-size grocery store for the kids to shop in and also take a turn being the cashier (or "payer" as the boys call it). Josiah just told me the other day that when he grew up he wanted to be a "payer." I guess it really looks like fun to scan all those things and push buttons. Maybe this got some of that out of his system! Although I remember thinking the same thing as a little girl, and what do you know - I accomplished that life's goal during high school!

There was also a big room with all kinds of clear tubes blowing air and you put little plastic balls in different places and they would shoot through the tubes. (Sort of like the tubes at the drive-thru of the bank). The balls would all gather in a box over the middle of the room, and every so often the box would open and spill all the balls out. The kids would all then scramble to gather them up and send them back through the tubes. It is hard to describe or get a good picture of, but it was really neat. Just imagine a large room full of laughing, screaming kids and balls everywhere.

The boys got to suit up in firemen boots and hats and "drive" a fire truck. They put on a puppet show, they painted, and did crafts. There was also a dinosaur exhibit, but we didn't have time to explore that before the museum closed.

Thank you Pastor Robertson and family for recommending this place. We loved it!