An Afternoon at the Cleveland Children's Museum

We had planned to go to the Cleveland Children’s Museum a couple of weekends ago, but had to postpone due to Sofia’s ear infection. Thankfully she was a little better this past weekend (although she had refused to take a nap that day) and we met up with Emma, Rob and Edie.

The Museum looks small and unassuming from the outside, but it’s surprisingly wide and open. There are several theme rooms and we began on the “farm.” There was a barn that had stairs leading to a bright, yellow slide. When we arrived Edie was happily sliding down, sporting her cute, new haircut. Sofia was content to watch Edie and the other children for a while. She didn’t venture onto the slide, but did “pick” corn from the stalks and collected plastic eggs from the hen house. She also rode shotgun while Edie “drove” the Jeep onto the fields.



A new “friend” joins Sofia and Edie in the Jeep. A frog also jumped on board. You can also see Sofia's butchered haircut. We tried to give her bangs.

After the farm, we went to the Galapagos Island. We took off Sofia’s shoes so she could walk in the sand, but she was reluctant to let her feet touch the ground.


Sofia arched her feet whenever Daddy tried to put her down.

After a few minutes she relented and began exploring the archeological dig.

Once the dig was fully explored, we went to the Water/Weather Section. The water table demonstrated how locks and dams raise and lower water levels. Kids could also connect pipes to re-route water. Joe had fun with that.



The Girls also had a chance to read the weather and to be on TV.

To wrap things up, we went shopping in a miniature grocery store.