Children’s Discovery Museum
This (Children’s Discovery Museum) is one of those places where, if you don’t have a kid, you’ll never set foot on it, ever. I see it all the time while driving by the 87 Freeway because of the gigantic promo blow-up characters that sit on the rooftops of the building. This time it was Clifford the red dog. Rebecca only knows Kipper, from the Sprout channel, but today she got to meet a new doggy, a RED one at that!
When we entered the place, Rebecca was her usual cautious self, assessing the place and trying to decide if she’s going to like it or not. Now that she knows how to walk, she insists on being carried, and let me tell you, having close to 25 pounds on your arms for and extended period of time is not pleasant, especially when you know you just can’t throw that weight off your hands and walk away. I know believe that Moms have the strongest arms out there. I’ve seen a Mom carry TWO girls, about 2 and 3 years old, one on each arm!
But I digress. So, the place is definitely one for the kids. For an adult, it can be pretty boring. They have an old fire truck and ambulance in there, and traffic lights, and different sections of the place with different activities. For example, there’s a section where you can see all things that make use of circles, like gears, wheels, pulleys and spinners. There’s another section where you can play with water, and another one with bubbles. They have a place specially for infants and toddlers, with lots of play areas, story books, and stuffed animals.
Our first stop though, was the Clifford “room”, where all the characters from the cartoon were represented there. I’ve not really read any of the Clifford books, neither has Rebecca, but she really loves doggy charaters, so she was pretty happy.
The infants/toddlers area was pretty fun too, for her.
I think we probably spent about 2 hours in there, following little Rebecca around while she explored the place. Like I said, its a place that’s all for the kids.
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