Last weekend Max and I went to the new Bodyology exhibit at the Children's Museum Tucson, and we were not disappointed.
Our first stop was the Vegetable Garden, where Max got to harvest veggies like cucumbers and carrots. He enjoyed sticking the veggies in the slots, but it didn't hold his attention for long.
The Juice Bar, however, was calling Max's name. This little mini kitchen was decked out with sinks, refrigerators, and blenders. Max loved loading up the blenders with all the fruit, then pushing the button to turn the blender on. Then he'd pour the "smoothie" into a cup and drink up! It was so neat to watch the imaginary play.
The check out in the Market is not a new attraction, but it's updated and looks very nice. It would have been nice if they could have added a noise element to it, like a "beep" when a grocery item was scanned, or a pretend little handheld scanner. I know Max would definitely play with that. They also need little baskets for shopping, not just carts. The rest of the market is very nice looking, and has the feel of an open air market, not some big chain grocery store.
The big news of Bodyology, I would say, are the over-sized body parts hanging on the wall. Obviously, in this picture, Max is interacting with the mouth, but there is also an ear, nose (complete with boogers! yuck!), eye, heart, and lung. All very cool.
I didn't get any good pictures of the Orchard, but my favorite part was that the fruit is magnetized and hangs from the trees so the kids can pick it! Max's favorite part was the tree house; he liked climbing up into it and looking out the windows. Anything with stairs and Max is set.
Again, when we went, it was $2 admission day so it was crazy busy. We didn't spend as much time as I would have liked in Bodyology, but we'll definitely be back to play again!