This is Evelyn operating the crane at the Discovery Center, a children's museum in Salt Lake City. Rachel has a membership to the museum and takes the kids there most Tuesdays.
Douglas tried his hand at it, but he wasn't quite strong enough to lift the load of soft rubber blocks that had been loaded into the bucket the crane was supposed to raise. You can see Evelyn's hand inching into the picture anxious to help her brother get the job done.
However, Douglas had no doubts about how to operate the mini bulldozer with the bucket on the front. He ran that thing all over the room.
Rachel did some construction herself. She made a tunnel out of foam blocks for the kids to crawl through. Douglas thought it was cool and used it for it's intended purpose. Evelyn thought it was more fun just to knock them all down. Every construction site needs a demolition crew!
The reason Rachel always attends the Museum on Tuesdays is because that is the day they also have a story time/craft activity. Here Douglas is listening as the book "The Gingerbread Man" is being read. After the story all the kids made their own gingerbread man out of foam, sequins, buttons, pom poms and LOTS of glue. After they dried the kids can take them home.
It was a great experience for me to hang out with Rachel and the kids and be reminded how infectious childhood wonder can be.
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