over break, emily (who is giving away a camera strap today on her blog!) and i organized an outing with the kids to the new children’s museum in downtown san diego. except one of the kids, who decided at the last minute to stay home with her dad. i did my best to change her mind, but she is happiest shuffling around the house with her catalogs and her ipod, so i didnt take it personally.
the slogan at the museum is think, play, create. i love it. its the most inspiring space EVER. this huge warehouse space they modified. i want to live in it. they have details galore. really cool, humorous, clever details. my favorite, i think, were the vacuum cleaners attached HIGH on the wall and connected to harmonicas. they come on randomly and you’ll hear a blast of harmonica. so fun, so cool. oh but my other favorite is the rain house. you go in and it sounds like there is a huge rainstorm happening all around you. i want to live in it.
on our way down anna was grumpy, so i handed her my camera to cheer her up. she mostly took photos of clouds, and more clouds, and blurry trucks, but these i love. (passing oceanside, drew, stocky legs, me with my ipod)
we got there and everyone wanted to go off in separate directions so we wrangled them all up to get in line for the pillow fight room. while in line, they climbed the walls. and drew found his name.
the pillow fight room is really gorgeous in a weird way that possibly only i appreciate. there are old mattresses lining the walls (i need that) and the vintage-y prints on them made me drool. they have all of these awesome foam tires and the kids stack them up around their bodies and then ask someone to push them over, its hilarious. yindi even got in on the action, brave little girlie.
we followed them around mostly, and took turns chasing yindi mostly, and enjoyed watching them all have fun.
when she crawled into that wall we couldnt stop laughing.
drew rallied a bunch of kids and they created this huge fort. i said, “pose in front like the king of the castle!” he did.
had to get in front of the chalk wall. hurry quick before yindi runs away again! and before someone comes up the stairs and kicks my camera!
there is an outdoor patio where you can create anything you want with clay, or you can put on an apron and paint on an old VW bug. someone wasnt too thrilled with the apron.
i drooled again over the oilcloth covered tables and stools. simply made out of some probably recycled wood barrels that look like they once had rubber tubing wrapped around them at home depot.
santa, can i have these for christmas?
by Tara Whitney
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