Spring Break 2012 -- Exploration Place



We went to Wichita, Kansas to visit my dad for spring break. Of course it rained buckets pretty much the entire time we were there! We did manage to find some inside activities to keep the girls from going too stir crazy...We went to Exploration Place. It is a huge building that several different "kid friendly" exhibits. The las time we went there the girls were little (1 and 3), so I was excited to see what they would do now that they are litle older.

The girls are having fun right when we walk in!

 The girls are striking a pose outside the castle at Exploration Place. They loved getting to play "princess" for the day. They had lots of different doors and even a castle kitchen! I think that was one of Sarah's favorite parts.

 Emily on the steps to the castle. It has a winding staircase that you can use to get to very top of the castle. It has several different stations such as a star gazing area, complete with black lights, a dress up area, a stained glass window station, even a library. It was all pretty neat for a little girl who's life ambition is to be a queen!

Don't I wish that it was really that easy!

Daddy and Sarah on the throne!

Emily striking a pose again :)

 



Sarah getting ready to use the catapult!



Emily is a pro at this!

After visiting the castle we moved on to the next exhibit.  (Although it was hard to take the princess' from their castle) It was all about using geocaching and using a GPS. Emily was very excited to use her new reading skills to read us most of the clues. Below she is looking for clues to help us unlock the door.



After that we went to the next exhibit which was all about Kansas. The girls went into a "tornado" that acted like a F1 tornado. Sarah was having none of it! She started crying, but Emily wanted to stay in. As you can see Emily is having a blast and Sarah is already starting to cry. I don't think we are ever going to get that girl to go on any roller coasters ever!

Emily and Sarah having fun building a river.

One of the visiting exhibits was a vet center. Sarah and Emily were too busy

taking care of each other to worry about the animals.

The final exhibit was all about flying! The girls got to sit in several different airplanes and "fly." There some flight simulators and helicopters to try out. 

 

We had a blast! It was so exciting to see them get so excited everything...