Keeping up with the Cooksons!: Binghampton Children's Museum

While the kids and I were in Pennsylvania (Pete was in California) we decided to check out the children's museum in Binghampton. Jack, Aunt Amy, Nana, and Grandad came along for the fun. (Grandad was of course excited to have a new area to grab a cache or two in .. ha!) The museum had a lot of good exhibits in it but it was all in a very small space so it took a bit of maneuvering to get around and to keep everyone together.

There were a few things that the kids could "drive" including a fighter jet!

The news room was a big hit too. The set up was really neat because there was the news desk and also a weather room with a map and computer. The news camera could be switched back and forth to show either the desk or the news room.

The camping room was sponsored by the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and had a nice camping area along with a canoe to sit in. The only problem I had with this room was that they also had boxes of Girl Scout cookies out ... EMPTY girl scout cookies?! Talk about a tease!

The kids were big fans of the grocery store. The set up of it was really nice and they had a lot of products that you don't usually see with the grocery store exhibits like bread, doughnuts, and other baked goods.

Outside the museum there was a Storybook Garden. I thought the idea and set up of this place was really nice. There were a ton of different displays, based on different books, throughout the garden. There were tons of places that you could sit and mailboxes located all around. Inside the mailboxes were large weather-proofed books to sit and read. If it wasn't so hot and so far past lunch time we probably would have stayed there a lot longer ... the kids really enjoyed walking around and seeing everything.

One of the first stops was Peter Rabbit's Garden. It was a real garden and there was a water fountain with watering cans so the kids could go in and water the different plants. They had a great time going back and forth and watering all the plants.

There were also a lot of neat statues throughout the garden. Grandad tried everything to get Kenzie to look at the frogs reading but she was more interested in the random bush at her feet. : )