Whole new museum!

So, we went to the rest of the museum while we were there looking at Dinosaurs, and guess what? In the year we lived away they changed the whole thing! It was like going for the first time. Here we are doing various activities (all after the dinosaurs of course)...

Shopping in the new improved grocery area...
While we were there we thought we would learn about a balanced healthy meal using this new activity Ender is showing in this picture. It went well overall...
Armour working on his
Ender working on his
Ender's final product (he had no fruit in his options so he left it blank he told me)

(Oh also-I do not know why this pic is sideways-it will not work.)
Armour's finished project was not quite right, but hey-we did convince him to leave the candy off of this one...

Armour the fireman (He would not leave this seat for a good long while)
Playing in the firehouse water area...
In the new playhouse area...

Armour the farmer
So, near the end We started to lose it (note Ender's face)
Then we REALLY started to lose it!
And then we left...ah life! I love it!

Oh Boy have we been Busy! Remember way back when D was for Dinosaurs...

When we did the D for Dinosaurs week, we went on a mommy school field trip to the special dinosaur exhibit to learn even more!! It was SO fun. Here are a few of our pictures:

Kindle in the car seat/strollerBoys and Baby
T Rex in the background
In the background is the herd of deinonychus eating a tenontosaurus.
Here's a better pic of that...
Here is Kindle staring at it...
Check out the look on her face.

Playin'

The airplane museum also had a play area where we stopped and played at the end until they booted us out so they could close. See pictures below:

Train Museum

We have a train museum here in town. It is a neat little place we only discovered shortly before we moved from here the first time. It is awesome! We had gone there with my mom before, but never with my dad. We knew he would love it as his dad used to work on the trains. I have heard my whole life stories about my dad riding on the train with the engineer to go visit his grandma in another city. He has fond memories of the trains, so we thought this would be a place he would love, and guess what? We were right! And as an added bonus, we kids and grand kids got to hear and see places like where he used to sit on the train and got to hear about him collecting tickets and stuff like that. It was a great activity and we had a blast! Here are a few pics!

The kids in the train (Sp, E & S)

Sp, S, E & A
E
S
A
Sp

Mel, Spence, & E in a real train car

Sp, A, & S in the train car
A looks out the window
The boys in a fancier car...
S & her Xiaxia & Papou

Me & A

Goofy Sol
Sp is "exploding " with fun. he he he
On the bus
E is bouncing with excitement-seriously.

Mel & S in the bus

My dad sitting where he used to sit when he rode the trains.
A
My parents
My parents

Lots of fun and an activity I highly recommend!