Everyone here at Kids in the Capital is busy enjoying their holidays and chasing after their kids. If you are also frantically trying to think of an activity to keep your kids amused, check out one of our favorite posts from this last year! by Lara

We are really lucky to live in a city with so many fabulous places to take the kids – indoor and outdoor. There are still many that we want to explore, but there are a few that are tried and true favourites that we make visits to at least once a year.

The Children’s Museum over at the museum of civilizations is one of them. We’ve been going at least once a year since Kiernan turned one. The museum is great because there is so much hands-on stuff for the kids to do, and they can enjoy it at so many ages.

I also love that by going to the same museums over the years, you get to see how much your children have grown in size and development.

Here is a peek at the Children’s Museum from Kiernan’s perspective over the last 3 years.

Kiernan and Daddy put on fabulous puppet shows.

Miss Carmelina went to the spa this past year and buffed up a bit it looks like.

Our budding musician. This has always been a highlight of the museum for K.

As the kids get older they have more and more intricate things for them to do and work on. Here the kids were actually embroidering.

These photos give only a small snippet of the stuff to do at the museum. The kids can get dressed up in costumes, serve their parents lunch at the kids’ cafe, swab the deck and load and unload freight onto the cargo ship, do arts and crafts and when there are special exhibits there’s even more to do. I highly recommend the museum as something fun to do with the kids. And the family pass (2 adults and up to 3 kids) for $30 is a pretty good deal!

Lara is the mom to 3.5 year old Kiernan and 10 month old twins Quinn and Juliette. You can find her at her blog Gliding Through Motherhood.