Our Trip to New York with Jerry

Jerry had to travel to Sidney, NY this week for business so Will and I joined him to have something different to do.  There aren't many kid-friendly activities in the area but it was just a short trip and Jerry did find The Discover Center for us to visit while he was at work. 

We drove up on Monday and Will was SOOOO excited to get to the hotel.  He talked my ear off the entire time I was packing our suitcases.  On Tuesday he and I went to The Discovery Center.  It's basically a small science museum geared toward young kids.  They had plenty of activities to keep Will very busy for the day. 

This exhibit depicting the Susquehanna River was Will's favorite.  A stream of water
was running alongside the fish tank and flowing down the stream bed to the right.
I think he would have stood there watching it all day if I had not directed him
to some of the different activities!

You could make a huge bubble around yourself!

Will checked out the display of various bird eggs,
but was disappointed that they weren't going to hatch.

Will's response to the x-rays of the insects:
"Those are creeping me out!"

You can tell we don't eat many salads at our house - Will used the
stove to cook one for me!

Along with my cooked salad Will served me a taco, a burrito,
a hamburger, and a cookie.  What a meal!

He enjoyed playing in the airplane cockpit and taking me for a flight.

This computer game was cute.  You could build a bug and specify
the number of features you wanted it to have.  Will's had ten eyes, three
antennae, and six legs.

This was my favorite section.  It was a kid sized grocery store with
real food containers and very realistic meats, cheeses and veggies.

Will's first trip through was great!  He bought bread, peanut butter,
chicken, three boxes of snack cakes and two tubs of ice cream!
You can definitely tell what his favorite foods are!

The next time through we ended up with lots of fruit.  It was pretty interesting to watch
him though.  Most of the things he bought were the things he sees me buy
most often (bread, chicken, oatmeal, bananas, peanut butter, canned tomatoes, etc.)
I think it goes to show how early we establish our eating habits and how
likely we are to learn those habits from our parents.

He found the train table that is just like ours at home but he was disappointed
that the track wasn't already set up and connected.  This room had
lots of cool types of blocks that we enjoyed more.



Will liked this cute, cozy little reading space.  And so did I for a
little bit of quiet down time.

On Tuesday night we went to a Japanese Steakhouse for dinner.  I wasn't sure Will would care for the food, but then again I never know what he will eat!  Of course he didn't want the vegetables but he did like the meat.   

Will was very impressed by the onion volcano. 

I think the chop sticks were his favorite part!

He even managed to eat a couple bites of rice with them!  : )

On Wednesday we enjoyed the indoor pool at the hotel.  Will swam hard for 45 minutes, non-stop.  By that time we were both freezing (the pool was heated, but not quite enough!).  Fortunately all that exercise resulted in a really good nap on the way home that afternoon!  : )