June 18: Children's Museum

We have visited the Grand Rapids Children's Museum two-three times before, but it'd been over a year since our last visit.  Koen remembered it a little bit and was excited to return!  We met some friends from church there and took off exploring.

Curious George was the featured exhibit on the upper level.  Both Koen and Ty have seen some Curious George episodes (the exhibit seemed to focus more on the TV details rather than the books) so they recognized the other characters shown in the exhibit, too.  They helped Curious George moved packages and played some mini-golf. 

After a while we moved downstairs where the kids played in the grocery store/post office/bank area.  There's something about kids and packages that makes a great combination!  Mini-grocery carts help with the fun, too, except when you're waiting your turn for one...there were only four carts around, although there were the baskets there which appeased the kids who had to wait for the carts. 

All in all, we spent about two hours with our friends at the museum and probably could have spent more time there as we still had about half of the museum to explore.  But it's better to leave with happy kids and return another day for more fun.  A day or so later, Koen asked when we could go back to the Children's Museum, so I supposed we'll return sooner rather than later.  I'm even considering a family pass so we can go more often.