Today we decided to take a
'road trip' to redeem Marc's Cabelas gift card from Graduation and stop off at the Dinosaur museum. Cabelas was great, we got some awesome camping gear and now we are almost ready to go camping as a family...we still need an air mattress. The Dinosaur museum was awesome though, we loved every moment of it. I didn't know it was so huge, it just seemed to keep going! We went through all of the evolution stages of the earth and the animals on it. There was a ton of hands on stuff for everyone to enjoy.
I don't remember what these creatures were called but they are supposedly some of the first creatures that lived in the water. There was
so much to take in above and below you. One of the very first parts you walk through is a dark room surrounded by 'stars', it felt like you were
walking through space!
I love Benjamin's expression in this photo.
They had a little cave for the kids to crawl into and through.
Here is Rachel and Benjamin with only part of her
favorite dinosaur,
Brachiosaurus. It is obviously too large to get the entire thing in the picture. Marc and I were amazed at how big the
Supersaurus was. It literally went from one end of the room to the other (and this was a huge room!)
In one area they had some puzzles you could put together, chalk rubbings, and a
build your own dinosaur. Rachel really wanted to do that but the other kids didn't let her have a turn :( (maybe next time)
One area we
spent a lot of time in was this room where they had set up water, sand, trees and little dinosaurs you could play with. All of the kids had a blast in that area building dams, rivers,
drowning dinosaurs, etc. Rachel played the entire time with this Dinosaur. Can you guess what it is? Yep a
Brachiosaurus At one point another little boy wanted to play with it and
she said "NO!"
Here she is on top of a
Protoceratops (yes we know a lot about dinosaurs in our house)
Here she is on the scale
comparing your weight to different dinosaurs. She was closest in weight to a very small raptor, that I can't remember the name of.
As we moved on through the exhibits they had the more modern animals and we
almost got eaten by this shark! Just kidding! Isn't that thing huge? Marc said around this point that he wouldn't want to be caught near one of these...and I said I wouldn't want to be caught near any animals in the building!
When I thought we were done we weren't. Just before you exited there was a room where the kids could go and
dig in the sand for bones like paleontologists.
Rachel loved it!
Benjamin was more than
exhausted at this point...can you tell?
But before we could go home Rachel had the opportunity to do a cast of a
Raptor claw.
She was so excited! (excuse the shirt...I know it's way to big for her but she insists on wearing it!)
And of course they both
fell asleep with in minutes of being in the car. I love this shot because if you look closely her sunglasses are not even on her face all the way. What an exhausting day for an up and coming paleontologist!
I don't remember what these creatures were called but they are supposedly some of the first creatures that lived in the water. There was so much to take in above and below you. One of the very first parts you walk through is a dark room surrounded by 'stars', it felt like you were walking through space!
I love Benjamin's expression in this photo.
They had a little cave for the kids to crawl into and through.
Here is Rachel and Benjamin with only part of her favorite dinosaur, Brachiosaurus. It is obviously too large to get the entire thing in the picture. Marc and I were amazed at how big the Supersaurus was. It literally went from one end of the room to the other (and this was a huge room!)
In one area they had some puzzles you could put together, chalk rubbings, and a build your own dinosaur. Rachel really wanted to do that but the other kids didn't let her have a turn :( (maybe next time)
One area we spent a lot of time in was this room where they had set up water, sand, trees and little dinosaurs you could play with. All of the kids had a blast in that area building dams, rivers, drowning dinosaurs, etc. Rachel played the entire time with this Dinosaur. Can you guess what it is? Yep a Brachiosaurus At one point another little boy wanted to play with it and she said "NO!"
Here she is on the scale comparing your weight to different dinosaurs. She was closest in weight to a very small raptor, that I can't remember the name of.
When I thought we were done we weren't. Just before you exited there was a room where the kids could go and dig in the sand for bones like paleontologists. Rachel loved it!
Benjamin was more than exhausted at this point...can you tell?
But before we could go home Rachel had the opportunity to do a cast of a Raptor claw.
She was so excited! (excuse the shirt...I know it's way to big for her but she insists on wearing it!)
And of course they both fell asleep with in minutes of being in the car. I love this shot because if you look closely her sunglasses are not even on her face all the way. What an exhausting day for an up and coming paleontologist!
4 comments:
you can borrow our air mattress for the ward camp out if you need to.
Oh so much fun! I just love that museum. Last year when we were in Utah it was our first time going through it, what a blast!
And that is a great picture at the end, gotta love a tired kido!
Oooh, I think I am going to have to try that muesum out next time we are down your way. I love the painted rooms, and the bread. You might have to share your secret with me. My wheat bread has been flopping lately.
That looks like so much fun! We'll have to try to squeeze in a Dinosaur Museum trip before we take off for Iowa. I'm always amazed at how many fun things there are to do in the area!
Much love,
Sarise
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