So after a lot of ... oh, what could it be called...half-speak, we did at least get out of town. I don't think we were really communicating very well with each other, so we are lucky that we even made it past the city limits. We left Tuesday afternoon and headed to Omaha, Nebraska. It's about two hours from here. After some road construction and delays, we made it to the front door of the Orpheum Theater in downtown Omaha about 7:15 p.m. Dora Live was in town March 17, as well as two shows on March 18. We missed the start of this show by 15 minutes. I think DH still wanted Allison and I to make THIS show, but by the time we would have gotten tickets, used the restroom, and sat down the first half of the show would have been almost over. So, I went ahead and bought tickets for Allison and I for the 7:00 Wednesday evening show. So, what to do with the rest of the evening? Did I happen to mention that it was the evening of St. Patrick's Day? We drove through the Old Market area of Omaha, dodging green-haired folks, along with the folks going to the Nickelback concert at the Qwest Center, and the older folks going to some other show that evening, too. There sure was a lot going on that evening, huh?
We ended up giving up on that area, and driving across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and getting a room a few blocks from the casinos. After having a buffet dinner at one of them, Allison and I donned our swimsuits while DH went back to one of the casinos (obviously Allison wasn't old enough for the card games or the slot machines). We had an indoor pool at our hotel, but I suppose it was asking too much for it to be a heated indoor pool! Oh, I suppose it theoretically was probably heated, but man oh man...I thought it was COLD! We did the best we could; and swam until about 10:30 or so. The desk clerk, bless him, didn't say anything to us even though he was supposed to lock up the pool area at 10:00.
So, Wednesday morning we were up looking for things to do with our day. Allison was ready to go swimming yet again, so we did. I was a little braver this time and went ahead and got fully into the COLD pool...brrrrr. There was another mom and daughter there too...the girl was also 4 years old, so that was bonus for allison. Their family had gone to the Dora show the night before and told us it was really good. They were from South Dakota, and had traveled to Omaha for the show, too. "Kristin" and Allison enjoyed their time together.
It was time to move on after being in the pool for about 2 hours! We then decided to take in the Omaha Children's Museum. We had gone a couple of years ago, and I didn't feel that it was as nice as Lincoln's but it was a fun activity to do with Allison. Bruce went to do other things in town. I noticed that things had changed somewhat inside, and I saw a wall hanging that made it look as if there was a "grand reopening" in 2007. It was a lot more fun this time around. Lincoln still has really nice "rooms" of play areas; Omaha seems to have more "creative" exhibits.
Here are a few pictures:
They had a "mini theater" for their dress up area. They didn't have as many dress up clothes as Lincoln, but here Allison is as a butterfly.
Their grocery area was a little bit larger, and I liked how their displays were made and laid out. The second time through Allison decided that she was going to put every carrot from the display in her cart for her "vegetable stew" (even though in real life she doesn't like vegetable stew!).
Shopping in the grocery area.
While we were there, the emergency lights and alarms went off, and we had to all vacate the building for about 10 minutes. They let us all come back in, and we never did hear what had triggered the alarms. I thought I actually did see a plume of smoke once, but I might have imagined it. 
The museum was entirely on one floor for the most part. Upstairs, however, they had a "traveling" temporary display on speed...it actually ended up being a tad above Allison's head. She was a little too young for it. In one corner, however, they did have this play equipment set up, and Allison crawled right up the rock climbing wall. (I'm still not entirely sure what it had to do with the speed theme.)
In the farming area, there was a cute little yellow farm house with a kitchen/living area downstairs, and a bedroom area upstairs. There were plexiglass sheet and pig as well as milk cow and calf, along with buttons to push to make the animal sounds. There was a small 'garden' area to plant the vegetables; but this corn field was darling...there are pockets to stick the ears of corn in. 
A giant light bright!
Allison is always drawn to the boats, trains, fire trucks, and so forth!
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment