Discovery Gateway Museum

We took a couple of days off from major outings, but on Friday we were at it again. In the afternoon we went and picked up Ian from work and we all went up to the Discovery Gateway Museum to play. Jules and Rick gave us tickets to the museum for Christmas and the kids had been asking to go for awhile. It took forever to find a day Ian could come with us though!

We hadn't been to this museum in a long time, but the kids remembered some of their favorite things there. There were also some new things to do and see. We started in the ball room, which is always a hit. Talia only used blue balls. Weston was such a good helper with gathering balls for Beckett. And Davin was all about filling up the ball bins.

Next we went into the Kid's Eye View room. Basically kid town. It was a blast. The museum wasn't super crowded so the kids didn't have to fight to play with anything. It was perfect. Weston spent the entire time in that area being the mailman and delivering different items all over the "town." I mostly followed Beckett around. He loved it all. Especially the water table, the little slide in the baby section, and driving the cars. Davin was at the perfect age for this place. He knew how to use everything and spent a good amount of time in the store area. He also got into the dressing up and played police with another kid.

(Is it bad that I thought he kinda looked like a stripper in his cop outfit?)

When we finished in the kid town area we left and walked over to the food court for dinner. It was kind of stressful. Davin wanted Subway (it's pretty much his favorite), the other kids wanted McDonald's, and Ian and I wanted Panda Express. We got it figured out though and everyone was hungry and ate up!

We went back to the museum and headed upstairs. By then we practically had the place to ourselves. We did the puzzles and the magnet wall. We went outside to the helicopter and found that they had built a whole new exhibit out on the patio. It was an Intermountain Medical exhibit and simulated an ER. There was even touch screens to treat the "patients." Weston performed surgery on a kid's femur on the touch screen. He said it was kind of gross.

The Lifeflight helicopter was pretty much the same but with an added "patient" in the back along with instructions on how to treat him.

There was a temporary Bob the Builder exhibit set up in the back room. I spent the last hour there with Talia and Beckett. Weston and Davin popped in for a little while too. I thought it was really cute. Lots of interaction things to do. All of the life sized characters talked. The water pump installation was by far the favorite though. Beckett could have played there forever! There was a tube that sucked the balls up into the pump then spit them out the other end from the "spigots." Super fun.

We had a great time playing together as a family. Thanks again for the fun Christmas gift Garcia's! :)