Hands On Children's Museum

My mom made it a priority to take my kids to the Hands On Children's Museum in Olympia, because she knows how much they love the Kohl's Children's Museum in Chicago. As expected, my kids had a blast and played for hours.

Daphne playing with dry lentil beans

Dayton playing in the dry lentil beans
Daphne playing with play-doughShe was thrilled to use scissors for the first time!

Dayton liked the pizza cutter

Dayton enjoyed this train table for a while

Daphne driving an ambulance
Mommy and Dayton wearing goggles like scuba-divers;
I love the look on Dayton's face!

Dayton "diving" under the sea looking for fish

Daphne spent most of her time in this play kitchen

She repeatedly washed her hands, put food in the oven,
took food to/from the fridge, and prepared meals for Mommy

The museum had MANY more play spaces, but these were the only ones that I have pictures of. Daphne's favorite station was definitely the kitchen. Dayton's favorite was a ship with an upper deck for steering, as well as a small cabin for dining, and a lower deck for living; he played in it for a long time with some new friends that he made.