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[Griffin]

We're taking DS on Thursday for his first visit! Good thing for the library discount passes I haven't been since I was little myself. So i'm wondering, have you been recently? What are the can't miss exibits? Also, how did you find the parking situation?

[DyanKJ130]

We haven't been to the Children's Museum in Boston since Kyle and my nephew were small. They used to enjoy climbing in the 3-story bird cage, which has now been changed to something that looks like Aladdin's flying carpets. I made the climb once - found it was more fun to watch them climb up! I remember the boys really enjoying the science playground. Lots of neat stuff in there to play with. The gigantic checker set and Japanese house are a lot of fun and we always had to stop and brush the teeth of some giant stuffed animal....forget what it was....a cow or camel, maybe?? There are lots of things that they can make.....there used to be a place where you could draw pictures onto a piece of paper set up like a film strip and then you spun it around to make your drawings move. And, we always got some really neat stuff in the Recycling Shop....I think the cost was based on whatever you could stuff into a paper bag, but it's been a long time and that may have changed. If you're into scrapbooking, there is probably lots of stuff there for you.

As for parking, we always went up with my dad and he used to do the driving. If I were to go now, I would probably just take the T....they have made things so easy now, with the Charlie cards and children under 11 ride free, when travelling with a paying adult. It's a fun experience for children, as well. In any event, there are directions and parking sites listed on their website in the Planning Your Visit section.

Hope this helps!! Have a great time and be sure to post pictures!!

[Griffin]

Thanks Dyan! I think Bradley will have a great time The only thing that bums me out with the T now is how much they charge $$. Makes it not worth it to take over just driving in and parking. I see they have a few parking lots right around the museum, so I think we will try one of those and hope for the best on thursday...

[Big Baloo]

Do they still have the giant toilet? My kids always got such a kick out of that (and the adults did, too!) Hope you have a great time!

[Griffin]

Well we just got back, all three of us are tired now!! Let's see, we got lost 3 times and had to pay 3 tolls (I don't think we would have had to pay any if we went the right way oh well) It was alot of fun though, Bradley had a blast! The first thing was a climbing rug kind of thing, he liked that but you could tell towards the end he wanted out in a hurry as there was alot of kids in there and not alot of room to move around. He liked the Science Playground area (especially where you can sit under the turtle tank!) Peep's World, the PlaySpace, Arthur and Friends, and the Construction Zone, where he really loved climbing up and going on the rope bridge! We skipped the Japanese House as it was a guided tour only and I had a feeling he wouldn't sit still for that. Somehow though, I forgot to look for the Space exibit they have. Oh well, maybe next time.

We grabbed a quick bite to eat at Au Bon Pain. Renee and I split a chicken and mozerella sandwich and a thai chicken salad. Bradley scarfed down the kids grilled cheese (and most of our soda as well!)

In the gift shop Brad picked out a space shuttle.

All in all it was alot of fun, maybe next time we will take the T afterall...

(We forgot the camera, which was a real bummer because there was alot of photo ops...)

[Big Baloo]

Glad you had fun!

[chezp]

Sounds like a great time, except for the getting lost bit!