Big time play

Has it really already been a week since we left New York?

Here are some more photos from our visit to the children's museum in Rochester. The miniature Wegman's grocery store was a lot of fun: Sydney got to push around a cart, pick out what to "buy" and then go check-out, with Ellie as the helpful cashier.

After that we had to re-shelve the items back where we found them, and suddenly the exhibit wasn't so interesting to Sydney any more. Imagine that!

We caught up to the rest of the group at the next exhibit, a mini-theatre. AJ and Ellie had fun trying on costumes, ultimately settling on just vests before dancing across the stage.

Meanwhile, there were lots of fun things to do behind the scenes, controlling the lights, camera and sound effects.

The giant carousel was fun. Of course the kids couldn't sit near each other, making it impossible to get a group shot.

My favorite exhibit was fairytale land, which included the giant's playroom from Jack and the Beanstalk. Cinderella's pumpkin coach was also there, as was a kitchen, though I forget what story it was supposed to be from. Here's a shocker: AJ was whistling when I took this photo.

A play boat was another treat, with the kids having fun in the crew's sleeping quarters.

We lucked out during our visit. While we were inside, a big rainstorm passed over, the only significant rain we had the entire time we were in New York.