Saturday, November 25, 2006
Circus Circus KOA, Las Vegas, NV III
September 21, 2006
She really liked this little bedroom, where she put on the nightgown and robe and went into the bed for a story.
Another one she spent a lot of time with was this piano that they had at the very top floor of the museum. Rising above the keyboard were all these neon things -- stars, musical notes, moons -- and when you pressed a key on the keyboard, a certain one would light up. The sounds weren't very loud, but she loved that one. I think if I actually want her to learn anything at one of these, though, we will have to find one when we settle down and go to it on a regular basis. Then she will maybe get tired of running around and will really look at the exhibits. Well, the important thing is that she had fun.
As we left the museum Zorah insisted on sitting on the rocks just outside the parking lot. I had a feeling we would miss the bus if we did this, but agreed. She climbed on them for a little while, and as I had thought, we saw the bus drive by. We waited about an hour, during which she fell asleep on my lap, then I had the fun of carrying and holding her through two bus changes during rush hour. One good thing about the Las Vegas bus system is that you can buy an all day pass for $5. Was nice not to have to worry about finding change in my pocket as I was toting her around.
After about two hours of commuting, we made it to the Ford dealer and picked up the truck. Yay! I don't think anything else of note happened that day. But tomorrow would be big. It would be Zorah's 4th birthday! Whee!
So Z and I woke up early and drove the truck to the Ford place, dropped it off, and got a ride back to the campground. Neither Brian nor Ian wanted to come with us, so Zorah and I walked across the campground, in the casino entrance, across the moving walkway, through the shopping area, down the escalator to the main floor of the casino, and through the casino to the Strip. Whew! Then we crossed the street to catch "The Deuce," the bus that goes all the way down Las Vegas Boulevard. Z was so excited to be taking a bus! I guess after all that driving, public transportation with Mama seemed like quite a novelty. I think it is partly because she got to see so many new and different people. She said hi to quite a few of them too.
From the central bus station we took another bus further down Las Vegas Boulevard, and finally arrived at the Children's Museum, which was located in the library. I was expecting to see that famous Welcome to Las Vegas sign, but all we saw was kind of a miniature version. Disappointing.
Anyway, the museum was great. I'm not sure if this was a good or bad thing, but since we came on a Thursday, there were no kids there since school was in. We had the run of the place to ourselves. I tried going into detail with some of the exhibits, but the place was so big and had so much stuff in it that she mostly ran around taking everything in. She put on this construction outfit and pushed a wheelbarrow around for a bit, but moved on pretty quickly.
From the central bus station we took another bus further down Las Vegas Boulevard, and finally arrived at the Children's Museum, which was located in the library. I was expecting to see that famous Welcome to Las Vegas sign, but all we saw was kind of a miniature version. Disappointing.
Anyway, the museum was great. I'm not sure if this was a good or bad thing, but since we came on a Thursday, there were no kids there since school was in. We had the run of the place to ourselves. I tried going into detail with some of the exhibits, but the place was so big and had so much stuff in it that she mostly ran around taking everything in. She put on this construction outfit and pushed a wheelbarrow around for a bit, but moved on pretty quickly.
She really liked this little bedroom, where she put on the nightgown and robe and went into the bed for a story.
Another one she spent a lot of time with was this piano that they had at the very top floor of the museum. Rising above the keyboard were all these neon things -- stars, musical notes, moons -- and when you pressed a key on the keyboard, a certain one would light up. The sounds weren't very loud, but she loved that one. I think if I actually want her to learn anything at one of these, though, we will have to find one when we settle down and go to it on a regular basis. Then she will maybe get tired of running around and will really look at the exhibits. Well, the important thing is that she had fun.As we left the museum Zorah insisted on sitting on the rocks just outside the parking lot. I had a feeling we would miss the bus if we did this, but agreed. She climbed on them for a little while, and as I had thought, we saw the bus drive by. We waited about an hour, during which she fell asleep on my lap, then I had the fun of carrying and holding her through two bus changes during rush hour. One good thing about the Las Vegas bus system is that you can buy an all day pass for $5. Was nice not to have to worry about finding change in my pocket as I was toting her around.
After about two hours of commuting, we made it to the Ford dealer and picked up the truck. Yay! I don't think anything else of note happened that day. But tomorrow would be big. It would be Zorah's 4th birthday! Whee!
