We had a lovely Father's Day here...and I sincerely hope that Paul would agree. To start off the day, Emmeline and I treated Paul to his favorite breakfast: biscuits and gravy! We then travelled to Philadelphia's Please Touch Museum. Located in historic Fairmont Park, it is by far the best children's museum I have ever visited. The building itself is gorgeous and there are numerous interesting, engaging and educational exhibits. Plus it is just a plain ol' good time. If you live in the greater Philadelphia area or ever find yourself nearby, please pay them a visit. The admission is a bit steep ($15 for anyone over one year old) but it was worth it.
It was a bit overwhelming at first so we started off small and made friends with a turtle:
There was a great water-works exhibit near the entrance and Emmeline spent a considerable amount of time playing in the various tubs and fountains:
This piano claims fame from the movie Big starring Tom Hanks. I know that a version of it also resides in New York, thanks to Erin's blog, but have no idea which is authentic:
Though Emmeline was old enough to enjoy most of the exhibits, there were several toddler play areas throughout. Here she and Paul enjoyed hoping on the lilly pads in the forest corner:
My favorite part of the museum was the Alice in Wonderland exhibit. It was complete with a hedge maze, tea parties, costumes, Wonderland animals and characters and so much more. Emmeline was a bit put-off by the large cheshire cat hanging out in the tree ("Emmeline scared of cat, mommy!") and it took some prompting to get her to enter the exhibit:
Uh, I don't know about this!
A funny flamingo...
Painting white roses red before the Queen
of Hearts notices!
Tea, daddy?
Hello, Alice? Are you in there?
This was one of those illusions where the room
got smaller as you walked further into it
Playing on a child-sized porch on a child-sized house.
Helping out in the garden.
Playing nurse in the children's hospital nursery.
Night, night baby!
I think the child-sized Shoprite grocery store was
Emmeline's favorite part of the museum. It was complete
with carts, plastic produce, meat, bread, and empty cans,
bottles and boxes of actual groceries. They even had little
check out lanes!
Operating a crane with mommy but mommy didn't
know what she was doing.
In the child-sized subway with daddy.
Stuck in traffic and pooped out!
Our fun did not stop there! After a brief respite at home, we grabbed philly cheese steaks from Paul's favorite place in Trolley Square and headed to Bellevue State Park. They have summer concerts almost every Thursday and Sunday at 6:30. We went last Sunday to listen to Irish folk/pub tunes and had a blast. This evening's show was equally enjoyable with Americana/ country music. The only thing that could have made it better was if Emmeline's grandpas could have been with us. We sure did miss them today...
Perfect Father's Day fun!
Oh! Bubbles!
And just for good measure, you can see for yourself how much fun Emmeline had at the concert:
Happy Father's Day to all and to all a good night!
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