I lived in the Seattle area for three years and had no idea that such a thing as The Children's Museum existed, but those were the quiet and peaceful days before hurricane Milan! We were stopping in Seattle for a couple of days before driving to Vancouver for the Northern Voice conference and Robert had  full days of interviews scheduled. It was up to me and the baby to entertain ourselves and I was scratching my head.

As soon as we checked in to our hotel room, Milan took a tour of the room by running around a couple of laps, pushing the furniture around a bit and summarily dismissed the room, by running full speed ahead towards the hotel room door and banging his head against it. When that didn't work, he tried to open the door and being too short, was just standing there with his face resting on the door and whimpering, waiting for me to come to rescue.

I started calling my Seattle friends trying to see which kind soul could rescue us from this state of despair and luckily Jen Zug and her two adorable children were available. We spent the first day happily enjoying their company at their lovely home, with Milan running around happily with Ruthie and Thomas and basking in the bliss of playing with older children's toys. I could Kiss Jen, I was so happy and yet there we had another full day ahead of us with nothing to do. So of course I asked Jen what she thought we should do. She suggested Children's museum and I was hooked. Of course the night was going so well that she could have suggested we all go throw ourselves off a cliff and I would've acquiesed. She has a four year old and six year old; they are like angels; her words can be cut in stone as far as I am concerend.

Turns out she was totally right about the choice of what to do. Our other good friend, Elizabeth Grigg and her two kids also joined us and we walked in to a paradise on earth for kids known as Children's Museum in Seattle. The Museum is located at the Seattle Center which is a great place to hang out if you are visiting Seattle. While there you can enjoy a visit to the famous Space Needle, brush up on your music history knowledge at the Experience Music Project, or watch a show at the Imax theater of the Pacific Science Center. We were headed straight for the CM though and the kids had a ball. There are slides, and plenty of places to climb and crawl and explore. Rooms filled with balls, empty tree trunks, a Curious George Exhibit; it was awesome. Milan was giggling, screaming of joy and quite besides himself the whole time there. I was happy I got a chance to see my friends and their kids and watch my son have such a great time.

If you have a child under ten years old and you are in the Seattle area, I strongly recommend you visit the Children's Museum. You will make their day!