But those are all big cities, so it probably shouldn't have come as a surprise when we visited the children's museum in South Dakota to find that in addition to the make believe store, there's also a make believe farm.
After "harvesting" their crops, the kids could take them to the back room of the grocery store.
And there they loaded the veggies onto a conveyor belt of sorts that carried the produce into the store. All are key steps in the process of how we get our food, and I'm willing to bet my kids previously had no idea that food doesn't just magically show up on store shelves.
Need another hint that we were in the middle of farm country? I've never seen an exhibit like this at a children's museum before either:
While Sydney was having fun on the farm, AJ temporarily forgot overcame his supposed fear of heights.
Though his favorite exhibit was the earthquake simulator. The challenge was to build a structure that wouldn't collapse when the ground started shaking.
It's tough to tell in the photo below, but that metal plate started to vibrate, causing AJ's house with the super thick roof to start sliding.
In case there was any doubt, building a roof three layers thick is not the solution.
My favorite exhibit was the giant light bright board. How cool is that?!? (The kids had no idea this used to be the must-have toy.)
And just when we thought we could drag the kids out of there with a promise of lunch, Sydney found the art room.
Nearly one full wall is more like a window made of Plexiglas,
Sydney's already announced plans of what she wants to do next time we visit the museum. I'm not sure when or if that will ever happen, but I'm sure glad we squeezed in a visit on this trip. What a cool and memorable way to discover the ways our lives and interests are different and similar to people in other parts of the country.
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