Boonshoft Museum

This afternoon I took our kids to the Boonshoft Museum, which is our local children's museum. We've had a membership there for years and it's well worth the money! We had taken JC and HT about a month ago while JR was at scout camp, but it was unbelievably crowded. Many schools have started and I wanted, in particular, to be able to return to Mindbender Mansion, an exhibit on loan from OMSI. This week is the last week it's going to be at Boonshoft. I was pleased that although the museum was somewhat crowded when we got there, it was mostly preschoolers who weren't going to be interested in what we wanted to see. We spent well over an hour trying to solve the puzzles and riddles, and I'm pleased that we actually were able to solve many! We also visited the remodeled zoo that is part of the museum, and the kids got to touch several starfish and other creatures in the tidal pool. The last area we hit was kind of a "play area" where there are slides and climbing nets, but also many other hands on activities that are completely science based. It was interesting to watch JR who had no interest in the slides or "just" playing. He was really enjoying the science experiments and activities that he was able to do. It's partly his age, I know, but it's also very much his personality. He loves science and trying to figure out how and why things do what they do! We could easily have stayed another hour and done some other activities there, but JR needed to get back for football practice. We had a fun afternoon!