Dance your cares away (clap, clap)

I'm not quite sure who had more fun at the AZ Museum for Youth....me and Pam, or the kids! Jim Henson's original puppets are on display from the Smithsonian collection. Talk about cool! I know I could've spent a couple of hours in there looking at his sketches and watching the old original Kermit the Frog shows from the 60's that they had
playing on tv's. They had the original Kermit the Frog under glass along with some Fraggle's (you know you remember the Fraggle Rock --you probably even remember the theme song!), Rowlf (from the Muppetts), and the original Bert and Ernie in addition to others. The kids, though, were way into the interactive puppets. That's right, they had real Elmo, Ernie and Cookie monster puppets in addition to some smaller Sesame Street hand puppets and a wonderful puppet theater. Hayden and Cooper had fun putting on a puppet show, and of course, Tay and Cash totally thought they were performing too. Talk about a great experience! Lots to do and see and so much to feel! They had three replicas of Jim Hensen's idea boards...just a big felt circle-ish shape with felt shapes (eyes, ears, nose, mustaches, etc) and velcro that attaches to the board. Amazing that that's how he got his ideas for new puppets. The kids had a blast making silly faces on those boards. At the end of our day, we ended up in a playroom where they got to play together and use their creative little imaginations! There was something for everyone in that room!
The girls and I try and make time to go to the museum a few times a year, it was fun having the Cox' join us this time! It was nice to spend time with my sister and her boys. We're both so busy and going our own ways lately that we have a hard time getting together often, so this was definately a nice treat!