Another day of avoiding The Vegas Strip. I had read about the Lied Discovery Children's Museum and thought it might be a nice diversion and learning adventure.
They have tons of hands on kids experiences. The boys spent a lot of time in Role Play at the Mechanics and the Grocery Store. They also liked playing brother co-pilots.
Just this morning Declan had asked me why there is war. I told them its because ( as the Bible so aptly states it) the human heart is deceitful and bad and needs Jesus to heal it so we can choose what is right and good. This conversation was precipitated by a good friend of ours going off to begin his Special Forces training next week. Which got us talking about soldiers and war. And then at The Lied Discovery Children's Museum today we got to participate in the exhibit about refugees of war-- an amazing exhibit--entitled Torn From Home. Probably one of the most out-of-the-box educational hands on experiences I've ever seen. They had to build their own make-shift shelter with poles and tarps and rope, in front of a photo of a refugee camp from the Congo.
Declan felt a little self- defeated that he couldn't build his JUST like the diagrams on the wall showed. (He's such a perfectionist! Don't know where he gets it from.)
What I was most moved by was the display of toys children made in refugee camps. Cell phones made of carved wood. Dolls made of scrap fabric, twine and corn husk stuffing. Cars made of plastic jugs and found objects. It reminded me that the humans are so resilient and creative, and that our Creator gave us these gifts because our journey could be tough and hard. The creativity and resourcefulness of children is truly inspiring.
Then we headed upstairs for the science section and the boys fixated on a buildable science project. I think they spent like 1 hour building and rebuilding to see if they could get the right flow through the tubes for the golf ball--working with gravity and engineering.
And then after 4 hours at the children's museum we headed to our only Las Vegas buffet experience (this trip, at least) at the City Center Buffet at the Aria hotel. Tonight was lobster night, so we gorged on crustaceans and desserts and Indian food (not really such a good combo of food, now that I think about it. Anyway, it was great. We were hungry. Nough said.
Then back to the Trump Towers for the chaos of re-packing.
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