Day 3 - Omaha

Today is the day we are coming home. We went from Des Moines to Omaha with only 1 stop to get gas. We took a pit stop in Omaha to the children's museum. It was a little hard to find, since it was downtown with lots of one way roads. Once we did find it, parking was a night mare. Fortunately someone was pulling out of their space so we could go in. Once we got into the museum, it was a little spendy ($33 with the extra exhibit fee). We soon realized that this is much more like a giant play area than an actual museum. There are educational things too, but mostly it was time to play and have fun.

Macyn enjoyed writing on the wall (what kid doesn't?) and painting a picture using unique tools – like cars. She wasn't too thrilled with the virtual piano – I never got the chance to play chopsticks like on Big, but it was still fun. Near that area there is a giant gravity contraption with balls. You put the balls in tubes and then watch them as they go on  their way to different tubes and tracks. Macyn had a really fun time with this, but got upset when the air would blow her ball in the air and she couldn't reach it.

The next area had a play house, and her favorite- the grocery store where she could put groceries in her cart and pay for them at a pretend register. It was hard to get a cart that wasn't being used, which led to some whining and tears, but eventually we got her one and she was as happy as could be.

She also spent some time in the house, and squirting some water with the fire hoses. There was also a giant indoor play area, but Macyn wasn't having any of that. We then went up to the second floor where the newest exhibit was – the Wizard of Oz. It had the witches castle, a bubble table, tornadoes, a stage to dress up like the characters, heart beats for the tin man, a courage cave, a station to make a necklace, and of course, the Yellow Brick Road and ruby slippers! There was also a green screen where you could ride bikes and watch it on a screen so it looks like you are in a tornado!

Unfortunately, Macyn was starting to get tired and wasn't too enthused about things, so she spent most her time at the bubble table, making a necklace, and playing on the playground. I did get some photo ops of her doing other things, but she wasn't too happy. There was also a carousel on the 2nd floor – but she didn't want to ride that at all. Good thing, because it was an additional $2 to ride.

After that we hit up the small water fountain park outside where Macyn got drenched. We then changed her clothes and headed out to eat lunch at Chipotle. It was really good and I have been craving it since we have eaten there. After lunch we drove straight home with no stops. We were going to go fishing, but Macyn begged, "I want to stay home." I think she was vacation'd out!