Day at the Zoo, oh I mean museum

living in the Nation's capital we have a huge number of museums within our reach. However, between naps and meals, there never seems to be enough time in the day to take advantage of these local treasures but today we decided to eat in the car so that we could take in the Bob the Builder exhibit at the Museum of Civilization. The kids portion of this museum is pure kid heaven. Simon couldn't get past the British phone booth at the entrance so we spent about a half hour there going in and out, in and out, in and out, repeat, repeat, repeat. We finally managed to convince him to move on (i.e. we carried him into the next exhibit). He became equally obsessed with each progressive exhibit, the best one being the Bob the Builder room. It was toddler heaven with cars, a ball machine, lots of tractors to climb on, walls to build, wheelbarrows to push and fun dress up gear (well fun for us - and great for photo ops.). We also ran into Simon's friend Trevor while we were there. We spent a good three hours running around and Simon was enthralled the whole time. We will definitely be looking into a family membership to keep Simon entertained throughout the winter.