Children's Museum of South Dakota

Last weekend I took Nick and Kadence to the South Dakota Children's Museum, located in the old Central Elementary School in Brookings. They had a BLAST! What a wonderful learning environment for children of all ages. We spent 3 hours there. The only reason the kids wanted to leave was because they said they missed Kyra! How sweet! I knew we had to leave because Isabella, Kadence's friend, needed to get home for her daddy's soccer game. He's the coach of the SDSU Women's Team.

Here is Nick with his "tile". Last year, children from the area were invited to paint a tile that would go into the Museum. He was pretty proud when he found his! (Notice how wet his shirt is...it's from the water room--he had fun!)

Here is Kyra's tile. Since she was only a few months old, I put her footprint on the tile.


Here is Kadence's tile. Can you tell she loves pink and purple?


The baby dino was Kadence's favorite. She thought it was going to come out of the fenceline. She kept asking, "Is he coming to eat us?"

The big dinosaur was Nick's favorite. It literally looks like it is breathing and looking at you. Nick was pretty inquisitive about the dinosaur until he saw the speaker where the sounds came from.

Kadence and Nick played in the water room for some time. Even I was playing with the different tools!

Kadence made designs in the sand as the circular plate spun around.

Here is Nick at another sand plate. He was more interested in dumping the sand and watching it accumulate at a similar rate around the edge.

Kadence fixing the tire. She knew what needed to be done!

Nick showing me "This is how it's done, mom".