SA Children's Museum

Matthew saw what is like to be inside a bubble!

Daddy put a puppet show for Olivia!

Vicky & Matty went for a boat ride...

Matthew became a office worker...

...but quickly got bored of that and moved to a more rewarding career as a dentist!

He milked a cow (water comes out of the fake utters!)...

... and sold the meat later!

He is such a hard worker!

Flew a plane!

rode the plain with his favorite people, Vicky & Abuela!

All the work made him hungry so he made a butterfly sandwich to snack on!

The sandwich was great but he craved a little herbal tea, so we went to Japan for more of a formal "tea time"...

Vicky and Matty walked on the streets and stopped at a "sushi bar" and a comic store!

Ready to go back to good ole' U S of A, he had to buy some traditional clothing as souvenirs


So, since my mom & sis were only here for the weekend, we decided to go to a couple of places in Downtown SA. One of the places we ended up going was the SA Kids Museum. And I can just say that it was the best! If you haven't gone, you need to! It is so amazing even for adults because you will want to do all the things the kids are doing, and the kids learn SO MUCH! Matthew had SOOOO MUCH FUN!

Right now they have a Japan exhibit that is just so cool! For those of you who don't know, I'm sort of obsessed with Japan. One of our family goals is to take a trip to Japan after Steve finishes medical school. Asian culture just fascinates me!

Anyway, the museum is sort of set up like little movie sets, where playing pretend isn't so hard because they sorta make a little world for the kids to explore in. Matthew became a farmer (milked a cow and everything!), a sales clerk at a little market, an office worker, a dentist, flew and rode an airplane, & landed in Japan! There was so much stuff to do, that we just have to go back again for him to see and do everything in the museum. Anyway, the Japan Exhibit was perfect because, about a month or so ago we started talking about the different parts of the world. We also have a book that talks about were he could end up going when he serves a mission. And Japan is in the little story, so I started to tell him that in Japan people speak a very different language, and that they have a bullet train that is really fast. After, I told Matty about the train I got his complete attention, and now he says he wants to go to Japan!

So, while we were in the Japan exhibit I took the time to explain different things. Like what people eat, and how the books open from the back instead of the front because they have a different alphabet and read sort of backwards, etc... We even had "tea" and sat on the floor (after we took our shoes off, of course...). It was a great experience for Matthew and my little sis who is now fascinated by Asian culture.

Anyway, this is probably the longest post in history, but it was so much fun, I just had to explain everything! Enjoy, the pics!