Delaware County: Muncie Children’s Musuem
On Saturday, September 1, we loaded the kiddos in the car (yes the car, Hurricane Isaac was predicted to make his grand arrival and Caleb did not want two Isaacs to deal with in the plane) and headed north. Our original plan was to check out the Muncie Children’s Museum and then head up to Fort Wayne to meet Cousin Hope.
But Zoe only made it about an hour and Isaac wanted to play with Cousin Joel so we made a quick stop at the Hamilton Towne Center playground so Isaac could stretch his legs and Zoe could eat. Then it was back in the car.
Luckily we made it to Cousin Joel and Cousin Hope ‘s house just before Zoe had her second screamfest of the day. Granted she was probably hungry but the girl just doesn’t like riding in the car; her preferred method of travel seems to be airplane. I digress, we met Baby Hope and played with Baby Joel and then about an hour and a half later we were back on the road headed to Muncie.
We finally arrived at the Muncie Children ‘s Museum just before 2:00. Isaac was instantly in wonderland.
About this time Isaac discovered the water table. Isaac absolutely loves playing with water so he kept gravitating back to the water table and we kept having encourage him to check out other exhibits.
There was a pretty extensive train display, as well as, a large train kids could “drive.” one nice feature of the train display is that it was operated by a series of buttons that you could go up and push.
Isaac also enjoyed the play kitchen, complete with refrigerator, dishwasher, stove and an abundance of food. There’s also a supermarket. Although when we were at the market the store shelves were pretty bare; I guess everyone had stocked up on groceries before Hurricane Isaac hit.
The big rig was a big hit, as well.
Then there was the tot area. It was super cute. There was a big tree you could climb in and around complete with a slide. A caterpillar with different toys little ones could crawl through. There was also a hot air balloon and a boat to drive and a wide assortment of different shakers. Zoe’s favorite part of the area was the spinning flower.
There was also a ant hill play area, a barn, a replica playground, a post office, some art stations, a dress up area, dinosaur exhibit, an outdoor exhibit with a tree house.
We left just after 3:30 because Isaac was pretty tired and we wanted to get home. But on a different day Isaac could and would have been happy to play longer. And I think Zoe would have enjoyed herself in the tot area if she had been a bit older.
After about 5.5 hours in the car and five stops, we finally made it home.