Since we were already at temple square (see previous post), we decided to hang around for awhile to wait for the lights to turn on. My friend told me about an "I am a Child of God" exhibit at the Family History Museum. We started at the south visitor's center and played with the house exhibits there. Then we headed across the street to the Museum. I can't believe I hadn't heard about the exhibit before - it's absolutely darling!! It's upstairs in the back, so you kind of have to know it's there. When you walk in, there's a mural of an expectant mother and husband entering the hospital. Then there's two rows of stations in front of fake "nursery" windows where the kids can take care of the newborns. There are boxes of blankets, outfits, diapers, bottles, etc to play with. There's even a weigh station and a place to fill out birth certificates (Emily LOVED that!) They could have played there all day. Eventually I got them to look at the other areas. One area is a nativity with dress-ups. There's also tables with places to do CTR rubbings, magnetic cars you need to get to church or the temple, blocks to build a temple, an iron rod and straight and narrow path that lead to the tree of life, etc. We didn't even do everything because they had so much fun with the babies. Anyway, they've decided to leave it up for another year. So I definitely recommend going once or twice or more. It's just like a mini children's museum! Here's some pics.
We finally left the museum way later than I intended because the girls were having such a ball! We quickly walked through the lights and watched the outdoor nativity show before heading back to our car. I sure had a fun evening out with my kids!!
Of course, did all those all these wonderful family moments and religious experiences count for a terrific family night?? Oh no, Emily had a fit when I told her that was Family night. We have to do family night the same every week in her book. (Mostly it's because of the 3 games we always play at the end.) Well, it was too late to do it, but they did talk us into making the gingerbread house we'd promised them earlier in the week!
It made for a VERY busy and tiring day. I'm still recovering today and hope the kids will let us have a relaxing evening doing NOTHING!!
We finally left the museum way later than I intended because the girls were having such a ball! We quickly walked through the lights and watched the outdoor nativity show before heading back to our car. I sure had a fun evening out with my kids!!
Of course, did all those all these wonderful family moments and religious experiences count for a terrific family night?? Oh no, Emily had a fit when I told her that was Family night. We have to do family night the same every week in her book. (Mostly it's because of the 3 games we always play at the end.) Well, it was too late to do it, but they did talk us into making the gingerbread house we'd promised them earlier in the week!
It made for a VERY busy and tiring day. I'm still recovering today and hope the kids will let us have a relaxing evening doing NOTHING!!
2 comments:
Wow, you are sooo ambitious with having Thanksgiving @ your house & trecking out to Temple Square! What a fun time. Congrats to Emily on her Award of Merit. That is a wonderful story she wrote! :) What sweet girls you have.
Oh, this makes me tired! You are amazing to do all this with the girls. They look so cute and it is a darling exhibit. Looks like the girls got some practice in caring for babies. The real one will be here very soon!
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