Fun Friday Afternoon

On Thursday evening, while driving in the car, Ellie out of the blue says "I am so sad that the dinosaurs are not here anymore. I really wish we could see a REAL dinosaur..." Well, our Children's Museum has an awesome dinosaur exhibit called the Dinosphere and even though we go to the museum often, the noise in the Dinosphere (very loud booming thunder and dinosaur bellows and other prehistoric sounds) always scares her and we do not ever make it through it. When I told her that if she really wanted to see a "real" dinosaur then the Dinosphere would be the best place to go, she exclaimed "Well, then let's go!!! But...let's bring Daddy with us..." So, on Friday, Eric decided to take off work early and we headed of to the museum as a family!



Ellie immediately got scared of the noises and covered her ears and if Eric had not been there, I think it might have been another failed attempt.

But he was so great with her and even encouraged her to talk to the staff and ask questions about the dinosaurs. The staff was so wonderful and even shut off all the sound and turned on all the lights while they told Ellie all kinds of neat things about dinosaurs. Then they even let Ellie press the button on the screen that restarted all the noises.



With only an hour left before closing time, the girls then hurried and showed Daddy a few more of their favorite places in the museum. My camera's battery died but here are the few pictures I was able to get...


Carousel with Daddy


Tea Party


Family (in the fun house)


Water Play

The girls DID NOT want to leave when the museum closed so we promised them some swinging time once we got home.






It ended up being a really wonderful fun Friday afternoon!