Another toasty day here in Chattanooga. This morning was a trip to the Children's Creative Discovery Museum downtown. It's a super place with so many great learning activities for children of all ages. There is a large replica of a steamboat complete with bunk, sailor's wheel, fishing area and costumes. There is a great water play area with different levers and pulleys and contraptions to make water move in different ways. Another area houses all things musical including a theatre area where kids can put on their owns plays and even run the lights and sounds. My son loves the mechanical area where one can place a message in a tube, close the window, push a button and have pneumatic force "blast" the message to a person on the other side of the room.
The rooftop area houses an outdoor play spot complete with a self-lifting chair. Kids sit on the chair and pull the cord until they reach the top and a bell rings. Today the museum was housing an Alice in Wonderland exhibit. The last time we visited there was a great exhibit on life in medieval times. The Children's Museum also has a complete art studio and dinosaur pit where kids can dress up like a paleontologist and use brushes and scoops to reveal buried "dinosaur" bones.
We had lunch at PF Chang's which is an upscale Chinese restaurant chain, but I've got to say that Toronto definitely has the best Chinese food outside the Orient. Our dimsum is superior to say the least. And I must remember to have some when I return.
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