The Nature Museum

On Friday grandpa took the day off work to spend some time with us. We thought 'what better way than to go to a museum??'. We had a family pass for the day, so we picked up grandpa and were on our way. The boys were overjoyed to have the big guy around.
We started by checking out some of the floors and settled in on the bats and birds. Big C was somewhat interested in the different birds (especially the ones that were in this display case), however he was totally won over by the rescued animal sanctuary - complete with Jeep. He loved the horn, the radio knob and the storage compartment in the trunk.Monkey was quite interested in the polar bear display. Here he is being a ham sticking his head up through a spot in the ice so that the polar bear can take a swing at him with his big claws. Big C wasn't so sure, so he had grandpa lift him up in safety while this shot was taken.
Of particular intrigue was the thermal imaging camera. Both boys spent at least 10 minutes there, backing up and moving forward, making their arms sway and Monkey took a good deal of time trying to figure out how to look through to the other side of the lens. Here's an image of the 4 of us:
After a shot in front of the moose,
we were off for home. We did however try to leave through an emergency exit (mind you, it was difficult with all of the renovations going on) so we re-entered through the dinosaur exhibit. The boys thought that this was really cool.
Here's Monkey hanging out underneath a huge type of sea turtle:
Then the boys were off to try some of the computer simulations. Here's Monkey trying to show grandpa how it works:
We had a great morning and all too soon it came to an end. Big C was off for a sleepover with grandpa and Monkey and I headed for home.
Thanks for a great morning out grandpa! We'll meet you next time at the pool!!