Omaha Trip

The week before Thanksgiving we decided to make an overnight trip to Omaha. We thought it would be fun to have a little getaway before Chris had to go back to work after paternity leave. So we loaded up and drove to the Holiday Inn where we visited Coco Key Water Resort. I was not a smart mommy and did not take a single picture. It was a little disappointing because we thought going on a Tuesday would mean no people but they were having a special promotion and everyone got in FREE. Which meant it was absolutely packed. Ian still had a great time and we ended up getting free passes for another visit since I paid for admission and was not really happy about the free day. Next time hopefully it won't be quite so busy and Ian might be able to take a friend!

The next morning we got up and went to the Omaha Children's Museum. We are huge fans of the Lincoln Children's Museum so we thought it would be fun to compare (it also helped that we got free passes with the hotel package!). I got smart and took pictures there.
The first stop was in the ball area (above and below pictures). I think Chris and I had more fun than Ian. There were all kinds of different areas that had all kinds of mechanisms to shoot, throw, and move the balls. There was a way to get all of the balls into a middle holding spot and then every couple of minutes an alarm would go off and they would dump all over the floor (below picture). It was a lot of fun and we had to tear ourselves away from this area.

Chris had fun relaxing in a little house!

Such a cute donkey!Overall the Omaha Children's Museum was fun but does not compare to the Lincoln Children's Museum. Omaha has two floors but you had to pay extra to visit the special display on the second floor and the first floor is probably the same size as the main floor at Lincoln but then Lincoln has two more floors the same size! So we are glad to went and got to see it and experience the ball area because that was pretty sweet but we'll continue to love our local Children's Museum!