Museum of Natural History Visit

Today we took the girls to the Alabama Museum of Natural History.  Both of them are fascinated with dinosaurs and they call this the "dinosaur museum".

 

We had so much fun walking around and looking at all of the artifacts.  The museum had a scavenger hunt for us to complete.  All of us had a great time looking for all of the objects on the list.

 

 

They loved measuring their hands against the dinosaur's "hand print".

 

I love being able to spend time doing fun things with my girls and learning at the same time.

Playdate with Zoe Kate

This past weekend we met up with our friends, Mrs. D and Zoe Kate, for some fun at our local Children's Hands on Museum.  That is such a fun (and air conditioned- haha) place for the kids to play. My girls always have a great time there.  We have a membership and visit often. 

The kids made "fish bowls" with hand cutouts and decorated them at the art area.

Then the 3 musketeers had to pile up in the wooden wagon for some silliness.

Addison and Zoe Kate served up some wonderful "ice cream" for the rest to enjoy.

Audrey enjoyed her specially made sundae :) She was also in charge of taking orders and payments.

They spent their time doing other things, as well, but I was too busy playing with them or keeping up with them to take more photos. 

After a couple of hours at the museum we went across the street to Mellow Mushroom for a yummy lunch. 

We can't wait for another play date with our Partners-In-Crime again soon!

Natural History

Since the show Dino Dan became popular in our household, Audrey has been asking to visit a museum where they had "dinosaur bones". So I began to search for a place for us to visit. How lucky are we to have the Alabama Museum of Natural History right in our backyard!

We decided this past weekend would be a wonderful time to visit since we could spend fun time as a family in the COOL air conditioned building (a must in this hot summer heat!) and to my surprise, it was very inexpensive to visit.



We had a fabulous time! Both of the girls enjoyed looking at all the fossils, bones, skeletons, and gems. I was surprised that it actually held their attention.

Addison checking out all the exhibits.

Audrey and Corey admiring the HUGE skeleton.

Audrey was so interested in what the archaeologists do and all their tools.

Visiting CHOM

We love our local Children's Hands On Museum. It is a lifesaver on those days when it is too hot, cold or rainy to play outside. The kids love it.

Audrey loves playing dress-up.






And Addison, on this particular day, spent her time crawling around chasing the potato.

Children's Hands on Museum

Saturday, after a morning of working at home and trying to keep Audrey entertained, I decided it was much to hot outside; so we headed into town to the Children's Hands on Museum in Tuscaloosa. (If you are ever in town and need a place for the little ones to visit---I highly recommend it!! Great prices and hours of fun!) When we arrived I decided to inquire about membership packages. Taadaa! They had a bargain for 12 months membership for all 3 of us. It also included toddler programs that Audrey could attend each week. Hooray!!

I've been concerned since Audrey isn't in daycare anymore that she would get bored or not have the interaction she needed and desired. Well...here's the perfect solution. (Big smile here :) )

Once I got us signed up, we headed to the lower floor...where the things for her age is located. She had such a fun time. After 30 minutes of "picking the apples and carrots" on the farm and loading them into the wheelbarrow, she be-bopped on over to the music/puppets area where she found out that banging on the drums was awesome. Then the nice tall tower that some stranger guy had built attracted her right to it and she did some demolition. Of course, many apologies were given to the guy...but he thought it was great and continued building tower after tower for Audrey and his little girl to destroy. Awww, what a nice fellow.

Next, we had to check out the beaver room. This room has a lot of critters in aquariums, microscopes to view interesting creatures, a reading center where you can read with tons of stuffed animals (Audrey enjoyed laying on them instead), and a "beaver dam" with a slide on it. (note to self: beaver dam entrance hole is made for little kiddos...not mommy's with big hips---not fun getting stuck there!)

Time flew by while we had fun, but it was soon time to drag ourselves home for a little nap. Whew! I know I was exhausted and Audrey slept well that night.