Located in downtown Grand Rapids, the
Children's Museum is a perfect destination for those cold winter days. My mom and I took my niece and nephew there the morning after Christmas Day; going relatively early was a wise decision, as the museum quickly became quite crowded with many children and even more adults.
The museum has a variety of different play areas, some meant for very young children, others suitable for slightly older kids.
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| The yellow VW bug is popular with all ages! |
The area that attracts the most children is "Little GR" -- a small city, just like Grand Rapids, with all of the requisite services one needs in town.
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| The post office |
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| The library |
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| Properly checking out library books is serious work! |
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| The pizzeria |
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| The chef at the pizzeria |
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| The bank |
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| This supermarket shopper apparently loves fish! |
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| Small selection of supermarket items |
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| The friendly supermarket cashier |
The museum has numerous other areas, but this is where our kids wanted to spend the most time. It's also where we ran into other Latvian-Americans -- because it's a small world when you're Latvian!
It always amazes me to see things like coca cola in the Childrens Museum 'supermarket'! Ours also has high fructose corn syrup drinks and a variety of other super-unhealthy stuff... Wish we would have more of the fish and ice cream!
ReplyDeleteThe fruit and veggie section in the "store" is huge -- I just didn't have a photo of it. But I agree that they should concentrate on the healthier foods!
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