Kidspace Children's Museum

This past weekend we drove up to Pasadena to take Lucas to the Kidspace Children's Museum. It's a museum designed specifically for kids age 2-8. They have themed rooms that the kids can explore, for example they have a arts and crafts room, an archaelogical dig room (where they can pretend to be in an ant hill), an outdoor tricycle track, an amphiteater for storytime, outdoor gardens, and a spouting water area. Lucas enjoyed it all, especially the tricycle track. He wanted to ride on one and to figure out how to pedal on his own! He didn't want us to help him at all. I guess we figured out what to get him for his Christmas present!

After the museum we drove over to the Americana at Brand in Glendale. It is a very nice outdoor shopping center in the mold of the Grove in L.A. They also have a free trolley that circles the property. Since Lucas loves trains, we rode in it and stayed on for a few times. He enjoyed it a lot. We also treated ourselves to half a dozen Beard Papa cream puffs. They're great!