Pittsburgh Yinz Play

Two weeks ago was Kameron's spring break. Unfortunately it didn't really give him much time off. He still had to go to clinicals and to the Anesthesia School for didactics but luckily, he didn't have to go to his classes at St. Vincent's on Thursday and Friday so he used those days to study instead of his usual all day Saturday and we all got to spend the day together as a family. We decided to go to the Pittsburgh children's museum. It was so much fun. They have the coolest exhibits. Braden's favorites were the Garage (a room full of tools to build with wood and other recycled materials, parachutes you could launch and a real MINI Cooper you could wash, play inside of, fill with gas, everything) , Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (a whole room modeled after Mr. Roger's house and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe), and the Studio (a room dedicated to all things art: paint, clay, printing, paper-making and more). My favorite was the traveling exhibit, Pittsburgh Yinz Play. It was filled with everything Pittsburgh including a bridge you could help repair, a Primanti Brother's sandwich shop where you could build your own famous sandwich, a replica of the city where you could build your own building out of recycled materials, and tons of facts and pictures about the city where we now live. The funniest was the wall of Pittsburgh sayings; they really do talk differently out here! We all really had a great time and Braden was really sad to go. We definitely will be going back!

I forgot to take my camera so the only pictures I have are from Kam's phone.

The Artist

Making our perfect Primanti Brother's Sandwich

Building the Bridge

Inside the museum was this huge wall that the kids could climb up and down. It reminds me of one of those marble contraptions where the ball starts at the top and rolls back and forth, down to the bottom. Braden didn't climb up to the top but he did like moving his way from one side to the other.

Next time we go I'll have to take lots of pictures to show you all how cool this place is!