Tampa Children's Museum

I am trying once again to catch up on the family blog and to that effort I am mostly going to just be writing captions on these photos rather than trying to tell the story of the day as I normally do.
On Halloween during the day we went to the Children's Museum in Tampa. We have been to a lot of children's museums and this one is definitely one of the best ones.



After making a paper airplane this contraption helps you fly it by giving it a boost. Place the airplane between two little wheels and swoosh up in to the sky it goes. Scott and Chance are launching their plane in this picture though the plane itself was too fast for me to capture.



Chance is wearing a fireman hat and driving a firetruck. The screen shows real street scenes from downtown Tampa as he turned the wheel and made the lights and sirens whir.



Here Chance is turning the crank around and around to "earn" money so he can make the train go around and around high above our heads. You can't see the train in the picture but Chance made it go around on its track many times, he still loves trains.




In this picture Chance is a weatherman. He is standing in front of the green screen and watching himself on the monitor.



On the first floor of the museum there is a replica of Tampa Bay with water flowing everywhere. There are boats to maneuver through the river and bridges roll balls across. Chance is turning a crank that moves a "boxcar" across the water and over to a train where you can then transfer your cargo and move it along the tracks. This was one of my favorite spots in the museum.




In one area there was an exhibit (not sure if that is the right word) reaching three stories tall! You could climb up and down in it exploring the different levels of the Florida aquifer. A great idea and lots of fun as long as you are not afraid of heights.