Oklahoma History Center

Each week of summer the kids and I are trying to do something we haven't done before.  This week we visited the Oklahoma History Center.  It was a fascinating museum housing exhibits from when Native Americans were the soul peoples living in Oklahoma all of the way up through modern times.  Most of the areas had something interactive for the kids to do.  Pretending to be on an old airplane in flight, ordering food from an old Sonic drive-in, working for an oil company, walking through a house from the times of the Dust Bowl, cooking on a chuck wagon on the trail, looking through a periscope to see enemy military and talking on a WWII walkie, watching an old  "Duck and Cover" video for children about atomic bombs, and even writing messages for a new century box to be opened in 100 years.  Lorelai's message was very straight forward, "Hi I am Lorelai and I am in Kindergarten."  Gabriel basically said the same thing, but added the very positive "I think you're cool."  And he also mentioned that he enjoys Pokemon.  It was four hours of learning and interacting and they are eager to go back again sometime.  We didn't even touch the outside portion...at 102 degrees we decided that could wait for a cooler day.