Baby B

First visit to the Children’s Museum

May 31, 2010 at 11:08 pm

On May 6th, we headed down to the Children’s Museum with buddies Claire and Sadie and their moms Katie and Kate. I had a bit of apprehension as I remembered past school field trips spent frantically counting heads as my charges became absorbed into the hordes of screaming, multi-age banshees. I had also recently spoken to my friend Julie who spent the whole morning preparing for her son Gabe’s first trip there, just to traumatically get stuck in the elevator for 45 minutes and turn around and go home.

Luckily, our visit was completely smooth sailing. I had forgotten this, but they have a separate section for babies and toddlers, and Sylvie took one look at all of the toys and other kids and took off like a shot without even looking back. There were dolls and a play kitchen and books and climbing structures and a train table, etc., etc. She *loved* it there. She held her own with the big kids, even giving a boy the evil eye and refusing to let go when he tried to snatch her train. After about an hour there, we decided to check out a Three Little Pigs play they were putting on in the theater downstairs. Despite the bare-bones set and slightly confused volunteer child actors, all three babies sat riveted for the entire 20-minute set. It was awesome. We were totally inspired to check out this place together sometime soon. Who knew babies like the theater?!

We concluded our trip with pizza for all (I love that we’re getting to the point where our kids can eat real food), and a fun ride back home on the train. And the best part? Sylvie wore herself out so completely, that she napped for an entire hour! Woo-hoo!

By phillygil | Posted in Uncategorized