Museum of Life and Science

In October, Roo had an early-out day from Kindergarten, and Devin happened to be home early as well, so we decided to go to the Museum of Life and Science.  On Wednesdays (the day which it happened to be), residents get free admission in the afternoon, with proof of residency.  We hadn’t been there since Roo was little, and the kids loved it!

There was a soundspace room where the girls could run around a gridded floor, and their location would pop up on the screen in front of them.  It would also make a sound depending on where they would run.  Of course, Miami loved it.  That girl loves to run.  Every week after church she literally books it around the building and I try to catch her – it’s difficult because she is so small and can run through people.  I, on the other hand, don’t quite fit between people’s legs as easily.  Anyway, she loved it, and Roo did too.  I even joined them in the fun!

Outside there was a little petting farm, but part of it was being renovated, so we only got to see some goats, llamas, and a pig.  The museum has an absolutely beautiful Butterfly House.  The girls were fascinated by all the different butterflies we saw, and the hubby kept trying to get one to land on his hand so he could show the girls.  There were even cards that told you what kind of butterflies they were.  I was trying really hard not to get creeped out about one landing on me.  Yes, I know they are butterflies and they are beautiful, but they are still bugs and it just makes me shiver thinking about it.

Attached to the Butterfly House is an insect exhibit, with all sorts of gross bugs (read: huge cockroaches, large spiders that aren’t actually encased in any sort of container, a tarantula as big as Roo’s face, etc.).  I obviously didn’t want to go in the area, with my creepy-crawly fear.  Since Devin was along, he insisted that we go, since the girls were curious.  Luckily we did, because we saw our sweet friends from Chile there.  Our friend and her family live in our complex.  Their youngest son is in Roo’s kindergarten class, and Roo absolutely adores him.  I think the little crush is reciprocated.  Crazy how it starts at such a young age!

The last thing we did was go on the Dinosaur Trail, where they have life-size (I think) replicas of various dinosaurs.  Considering that we recently introduced the classic movie, “Land Before Time,” to the kids, they ate it up.  Seriously, Roo wanted pictures with every.single.dinosaur.  They just loved it and were able to play on the first dinosaur on the trail.  There was also a place where the girls were able to dig for fossils.  Miami was serious about this and probably would have dug in the dirt all day long if we had had the time.  Our friends joined us there and we walked around the trail as we chatted until the close of the museum.  On our way out, we ran into one of my best friends, who told us that some other friends from the ward were there as well (we didn’t see them).  It was apparently the popular place to be that day.

We didn’t even get to see a lot of the things there, so we’ll probably go again once the weather is warmer.  It was such a fun day with wonderful memories created.  We love having Devin around to do fun stuff with, and especially having Roo home early from school. 

Yes, I did take this one.  I should become a professional photographer or something.  Just kidding!