Another Year Membership

My mom bought us another year membership to the children's museum for Christmas, however we have been a little sick this year an unable to redeem it. I am happy to say we were recently able to change that.

The children's museum was all cleaned up from the holiday season and now was decorated for chocolate season. Everything on the main floor looked like chocolate. Rebekah even reached out to touch one of the pillars then looked at her hand hoping it would be chocolaty. 

They also had a new exhibit called pirates and princesses. Rebekah jumped right in deciding this time to be a princess.

My favorite exhibit called "Sacred Journey" was closing soon so I asked Rebekah if we could go in one last time. She agreed and gave me "2 minutes." I distracted her with a - make your own stain glass window - activity and gained a little more time, but not much.

They had a "Mormon" section, I suppose celebrating the journey of the pioneers out west. The sacred relic they had on hand was Brigham Young's trunk. Sacred? Interesting. Very cool. But sacred? Hmmm.... They also had a mini angle Moroni and a picture of the temple.

It was then Rebekah told me my two minutes were up so we left but on my way out I quickly grabbed  some pamphlets that went with the exhibit. I looked at them once I got home, noticing on the map of the exhibit they had all the Christian things in one corner, Hindu in another, etc and so forth. It was only then I realized they put the "Mormon" exhibit way apart from the Christian next to a Hindu God. I considered writing them a strong emotional filled letter. But the exhibit closed the next day. I may still yet.

Then we found a giraffe that needed a cute little kid to ride on him.

We also visited China. Again. It's Rebekah's favorite place. She loves to shop in their grocery store. However, it is a popular thing and usually the grocery items are scattered around the exhibit. So I took Rebekah and we gathered all the items in the stroller. Once everything was picked up we put them back in the correct bins in the store. We had just finished when 5 kids came running up to the store and proceeded to shop. Rebekah was heart broken and I was more than a little frustrated. One kid got distracted and dropped his shopping bag so I quickly picked it up and gave it to Rebekah with the instructions, "Go. Play. Fast." (This is where I realize that I should not work in a museum.)

After grocery shopping and the most fantastic imaginary Chinese meal I've ever eaten, Rebekah decided it was time for art.

And dress up.

We even had time to computer dress up. First, Rebekah:

Mu Guiying is a wudan, or warrior woman, whose father is a bandit king. Her makeup is that of a beautiful young woman, but her costume shows she is also a skilled warrior.

Cute and sweet as always. Then me:

Zhang Fei is a skilled general who defends the Kingdom of Shu in many operas. His black face paint shows that he is powerful and fierce in battle.

Think I turned out a little scary. Rebekah also wanted to dress up the doll she brought (takes it everywhere I allow). Here's Samantha:

Sun Wukong is a monkey whose Taoist study brings him supernatural powers. His distinctive red and white makeup shows that he is strong and courageous, but also mischievous and cunning.

Of course there was time to race:

And here's a little Star Wars for my brothers:

Thanks for another year membership mom! We will enjoy every minute. Oh, and just FYI: Doc arrives at the museum in less than 6 months. Rebekah is counting down.