The boys and I spent the day after Christmas with our friends at the History Museum. Henry and Walter have been asking to go for months and when I mentioned it to my friend, Kristi, she suggested we all go together. There were lots of great exhibits to learn from and it was fun, too!
Noah, Henry, Parker, Walter, and Ryan
Trying out the school desks in the "Then, Now, Wow" exhibit.
Parker, Henry, Brooke, Kristi and Melanie resting while the others ran through the climbing area set up as a grain elevator. They enjoyed having a few minutes to get rid of some extra energy.
This was a cool display. You could take the bison's bones and organs out, scan them and learn how the Native Americans used them in day to day life. Pretty interesting!
Putting everything back together.
Henry and Ryan are the oxen and Parker is at the plow. The sod house was a big hit, but I didn't get any pictures of them checking it out.
Noah driving the streetcar.
Next stop: MN's Greatest Generation Exhibit
Packing ammunition shells on the assembly line.
With Henry and Noah (and a tank)
They also enjoyed the C-47 combat flight recreation.
Visiting the Soda Fountain. They thought the rotary wall phone and
cash register were very interesting.
A quick break in the old chairs from the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport.
They had so much fun in the Then, Now, Wow Iron Range mine that we went back again.
Walter dropping in the last stick of dynamite. He was trying to get out of there as fast as he could.
"BOOM!"
Melanie and Walter
Back to the Then, Now, Wow and Grain Elevator. Walter and Henry found the history of MN and the Native Americans very interesting. They had lots of good questions. These are Henry's pictures:
I just remember feeling very tired at this point!
Brooke and Noah being goofy.
And on last try at a group picture before heading home.
