Winter Fun Downtown

Ruth | December 16th, 2008

The second Sunday of every month AT&T sponsors a free day at the Museum.  With all the wonderful holiday decorations and displays I decided this was the time to take my friend and her kids to the Museum. 

The kids were amazed by the toy displays.  Duncan, who is 5, could have spent hours looking at the 1935 toy army soldier’s display.  Both kids had a great time trying to find the mouse in each room of the play house.  They took turns naming each kind of animal in the 1903 Humpty Dumpty Circus display. 

After going through all the displays we headed to the kids section of the Museum and traced animal pictures, drew on the white boards that are already framed and put on a brief play on the stage wearing the owl capes before presenting a puppet show at the puppet stage. 

You may have missed the free day this month but you don’t want to miss the holiday display.  It was fun for kids of all ages and there is a lot to keep small minds and hands busy at the Museum.

Then we were off to the Hotel Captain Cook to see the Ginger bread Village.  Wow!  It is amazing that those adorable houses could all be made out of food!  The kids were fascinated.  The smell was delicious and we all agreed it was hard not to take a bite out of one of the many houses.  We had to walk around the display multiple times to be sure we didn’t miss any of the intricate details.

You might recognize some of the names on the buildings in the village.  There is the familiar Scrooge and Marley and Orso as well.  It was fun and free, but you may want to take money to buy some sweets after.  I know we sure wanted something to eat after smelling all that chocolate and ginger bread!