Our new favorite place to go is the "zoo-me-um" (Leah's pronunciation). Raleigh has a great one that's FREE! (We pay $1/ hr. for parking, since it's downtown, but so worth it!) We've been there several times but I didn't realize they had a weekly storytime for preschool. The kids hear a story and then get to "pet" different museum animals. The first week it was a turtle, a snake and a cockroach (yes, Leah actually willingly pet this huge bug!). Last week it was all turtles and she got to try on a real turtle shell (to see how it would feel to have to carry a shell around all day). Leah loves the story time!
They also have a great room just for littler kids with lots of hands-on things to do-- Leah got to look at bugs up close with a magnifying glass.
Her other favorites are the huge dinosaur (in the picture below, Leah & Andrew are "sitting" together inside a life-sized T-rex footprint-- of course Andrew is doing what he wanted to do the whole time-- get out & crawl), the snakes, and an area where you walk through a "tunnel" like you are under the sea-- there are fake sea animals all around. Leah likes to pretend we are mermaids. Now that I know about this jewel of a place, we'll be going more often-- even when we move, probably!
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