Children's Discovery Museum Day Trip

On Tuesday we took a family day trip to San Jose to visit the Children's Discovery Museum. The museum was awesome! The kids had so much fun; there are so many things for them to play with and explore. We were there for about 3 hours and we covered a lot, but could easily spend some more time there. The water area was by far the favorite! Afterwards we ate a yummy Mexican dinner, and it was a nice surprise when we got to the restaurant because Tuesday was kids eat free night! We decided that next time we'll make an overnight trip out of it so we don't have to do so much driving in one day with kids who don't like to sleep in the car:)
Dad and the kiddos outside of the museum

Heidi loved this display where the balls floated above the air

There was this really cool wall that was covered in little pegs about the size of light brite pieces. Kids can stand on both sides of it and push on the pieces to make handprints. Ben kept going back to it and playing some more.

Heidi playing with a jumbo sized puzzle

This display had a video playing on how columns are designed and made and two posts with a bunch of pieces to try building your own. Heidi worked on it for a long time.

Dad and Ben working on something with circles

Baby Kate was a good sport riding around in her stroller

This was in the circle display also. There was two carts- one with wheels and one with a sled bottom. The kids could pull on the ropes to move them to see which one was easier.

Dad and the kids are sitting in a dome with a clear top that showed different kinds of rain

Heidi liked the art area

Ben & Heidi in the grocery truck


The bubble area had different tools for making bubbles. They especially liked this one with hoses that blew out air to make bubbles.

All of these pictures are in the water area which was by far the favorite. There was an area for bigger kids and another for toddlers. Ben and Heidi both LOVED it. It was the last area we visited and it was hard to get them to leave.