Saturday, January 16, 2010

A Fun History Lesson

Today we went to the Heinz History Center and had a great time! We had lunch before exploring the huge museum!
There is what is called Kidsburgh and it has a fake ice cream parlor called Isalys... Ronnie is the waiter :-)


There is a life size cow up in Kidsburgh that you can pretend to milk. Anna enjoyed this!

Me buying ice cream at 'Isalys' with the cutest little clerks ever!

Howdie Doo-Dee sign that used to be at Kennywood... Anna was mad that she was too short!

An original car from an old rollercoaster... people aren't allowed in, but they said nothing about dolls :-)
A large cutout of a Penguins goalie... Ronnie looks too cute!

Look at little tough girl Anna :-)

There is a miniature log cabin in the kids center that is stocked with play food, wooden bowls, and even flour sacks!

An old diner counter...
L to R:
Violet, Ronnie, Nellie, Anna

Ronnie racing to stack cans with Anna

Anna trying to use a spoon to transfer fake pickles to a jug.

Anna and a mysterious friend pointing towards the exit.
What a fun day we had! My favorite part was the trolley :-)

4 comments:

Viv said...

Looks like a lot of fun. I should take Quin and Camren there. I remember Isaly's. My mom used to take us there for chipped ham sandwiches and milkshakes.

Ella said...

What a fun time! Ronnie totally looks in his element as a goalie!

Bella said...

Cute! That's a neat mueseum. I still go up with Sophia and Dom into Kidsburgh. :) We even have gotten pictures in the rollar coaster before. :) I hope we didn't break any rules. Glad you guys had fun!

Michaela said...

Wow1 glad you guys had a great time! I LOVE that place.we went there not too long ago with our cousins... (We almost got kicked out of Kidsburgh because we have having too much fun, well, ...too loudly! =P ) Hey, did you hear about the special one day exhibit there on June 24th this year?? It's about the Scottish Christians and their journey to America to find religious freedom. (Ya know, the remnant of Scottish covenanters when King James II ordered sacreligious practices into the Church of England....:) One of the speakers is a minister from Scotland...one of the descendants of the Covenanters! I think we're going with some of our church...and it would be awesome if you guys (and the whole Maidens group, really!!) could come!!! :D
anyway, sorry for the tangent; Talk to you tonight!