Discovery Gateway

So this Thursday night we made a quick trip down to SLC to get some things touched up on the car. We dropped the Subaru at the dealership and squished into the Mirage so we would have a vehicle to use for Friday.

Friday, after spending a lazy morning at my Dad's house, we headed up to The Gateway to kill some time while we waited for the dealership to finish up the car. We decided to take the kids to Discovery Gateway, which is also the Children's Museum. This place was great! There was so much for the kids to do and discover. We spent at least two hours there, and the kids didn't even do all the activities.

The favorite, by far, was the giant Beehive. It was filled with tons of ballpit balls that the kids could drop in tubes, crank up on pulleys, shoot up in tubes of air and more! After that, we headed to Kids Town where it was a replica of a little town, just kid sized. There was a play house, a farm, a grocery store, a construction site, a rock-climbing wall, and a water play area. Christopher absolutely loved the water play table, and was soaking wet by the time we left.

We headed upstairs after playing in the first level, to go out on the terrace where the kids could play in a real life-flight helicopter. There was a newsroom, with a green screen where you could practice giving a weather forcast. Ben had the most fun creating a track out of magnetic tubes stuck to the wall. He would build a course, and the boys would drop the ping-pong balls into it.

There were so many things to do at Discovery Gateway. I have to admit, the admission is pretty steep ($8.50 a person) but it was worth it, as you could really spend an entire day there.

After eating dinner at the food court, we headed to the dealership to pick up the Tribeca. It was so nice to be back in our "big" car, with the kids quietly watching a movie on the drive home. Hopefully, this will be the last time we all have to squeeze into a tiny car. I will leave that task to Ben's carpool :)