Beautiful Weekend! Part 1...

Saturday was a very busy day! We started by going to the museum center to see the IMAX film, Under the Sea (at least I think that's what it was called). It was amazing! Mareea pointed at the fish and talked to them, then she nursed and fell asleep. We learned about so many different types of fish and Landon was thrilled to see his favorite, the lion fish. At one point, the narrator talked of how the oceans are warming and the fish are dying and Landon turned to me and said, "I don't like the ocean getting all warm, mama!" Dan surprised me by getting a membership to the museum and we walked through the natural history museum and saw an exhibit on the body where the children were able to pump "ventricles" and floss teeth in a huge fake mouth. We can't wait to go back to the history and children's museums!
It happened that there was a Learning through Play convention going on that day and lots of booths and activities were in the lobby. Here are the boys making a suspension bridge.



Walking out of the museum center we decided it was too nice a day to go home and by inside. So we went to the zoo! Several exhibits were closed, but we were still able to see a lot of our favorites. The tigers, polar bears and lions were still on display thankfully! It was a little cold at the zoo, but a coat and hat made it perfectly comfortable. I was telling Dan that I would rather wear a coat then be sweltering hot as we often are at the zoo in the summer.

Mareea slept

Thea pushed

We posed by an alligator

You can't tell, but there's another lion lying right next to this one. We weren't able to see him until we got to the other side of the exhibit.

After we got home, I had to take a nap. It is worth mentioning because this was my first nap in a year. Thankfully, my wonderful husband watched the kids (and Dogfights, their new favorite) while I rested!