A Visit to Kohl Children's Museum (Glenview, IL)

This weekend I spent the entire Saturday up in the Wheeling area for my daughter's company dance convention / competition.  Hubby was out of town so I had our 2.5 year old twin boys with me along with one of our older sons (Hayden age 12) as backup.  Since Cordelia had to be to the Westin Chicago North Shore by 9 and wouldn't need us again until around 2, we had a fair amount of time to kill in the area. 

So it was off to the Kohl Children's Museum which fortunately opens at 9:30am on Saturdays. Using our ACM membership which I've mentioned before, our admission to the museum for the 4 of us was free. 

Arriving right at opening was perfect, as it allowed the boys to get started on the car care area practically by themselves.  This area was a favorite including tracks for toy cars and giant car seats kids can strap mom and dad into.  Also in the area is a car that can be pretend driven, washed, and repaired.  Older brother Hayden led the way showing the boys how to change the tires.  Favorite thing in this section has to be the Kid Car Wash.

After coaxing the boys away from the Car Care Area we shopped the pretend Dominick's store which is complete with mini shopping carts, baskets, and wind up conveyor belts at the checkout.  We also visited Doll Daycare, Cooperation station, WaterWorks, and the Play Library.

The Pet Vet was another favorite area.  The boys donned white coats and stethoscopes in this exhibit before tending to lots of stuffed pets.  I think Cormac in particular could have saved the kitties all day long.  Both boys also loved working the pretend Potbelly Sandwich Works.  Hayden and I grabbed a table and they served us up some great looking plastic sandwiches as well as pretend beverages to wash them down.

The twins had been up since 5am and were starting to fade so we called it quits before seeing a few more of the exhibits in favor of lunch and a nap.  Next visit we still have Adventures in Art, All About Me, City on the Move, and Hands on House on our list to checkout.

We headed to the nearby Glen Town Center to visit Noodles for Lunch, but there is a Cosi right in the museum building.  While there we spotted a place called Make-A-Messterpiece that we will be putting on our list of "Going Places" to visit next time we head up this way.  It appears to be some sort of creative kids studio where messes are expected.