Museum of Life and Science

On Jonathan's day off this past week we went to the Museum of Life and Science with our neighbors, Kelly and Tangi. It was our first time there and we were so impressed! The museum is amazing and has quite a diverse set of activities. Along with the normal "museum" like things (that include really neat science displays) they have an expansive playground with huge musical objects, a dinosaur trail, petting zoo, and butterfly house. I was so impressed and when Eliza gets older I can see her really loving all the different exhibits.

Here are some pictures of our time at the museum.

We started with the petting zoo. Tangi and Kelly are neighbors of ours and it's really fun to have babies around the same age together.

Other than dogs, Eliza has never seen animals before and was wide eyed with amazement.... ok let's be honest, she was actually scared to death unless we were holding her. After taking one look at the pigs she started crying and when meeting the cow she was literally trembling. But when dadda held her those animals weren't so scary and she was ok to look from a distance. It was really sweet.

Tangi and Legend. Our sweet neighbors who live right beside us. Eliza loves Legend and we couldn't ask for a better neighbor than Tangi. It's such a blessing to be able to raise our kids next to each other too!

Kelly and Corrina live across the street and we have just recently realized we're both stay at home mom with kids around the same age. :) Kelly is a wealth of mommy knowledge and really active with Triangle Mommies so she's a great encouragement for me to get out and try new things.

"Dad, seriously. What is that?"

I loved watching her take everything in. It blows my mind to introduce her to aspects of life that she doesn't even know exist. aka- animals.

The cow was my personal favorite!

beautiful

After the petting zoo we headed over to the butterfly house. You walk in to this huge building and there were butterflies everywhere. Amazing!

Oh I love this picture. Taking in all the butterflies.

Kelly caught a butterfly on her finger!!!

This picture beautifully captures a glimpse of who Kelly is as a mom. She has a love for all things science (um I totally can't think of a better word than "science".... shows how well I know the topic. ha) and is so excited to teach Corrina.

(side note- because I'm totally inept at "sciency" things I love that God sweetly puts me around people like Tangi who is getting a PhD in genetics and Kelly who loves science so Eliza can have a chance when it comes to learning about anything other than literature. Thank you Lord. :))

Kelly showing Eliza the butterfly. Not sure what to think...

"Um, I don't like him"... maybe she'll take after her mother after all.

Our last stop in the museum was to a play area where little kids can get down and roam.

:)

Sweet b bear loving a flower her dadda gave her. (this is seconds before she then tried to put the flower in her mouth. yum)

The end.

Eliza was officially exhausted and we had a blast! Thanks Tangi and Kelly for initiating the trip!