DARWIN is on his 12th year of teaching, currently at Springville High School teaching astronomy, geology, environmental science, and physics. He also teaches physics at UVU for a 7 week STEM summer school program for junior high students. He also teaches teenagers in our church ward. He's super busy, but still makes time to be an awesome dad and husband.
If you saw my post from yesterday, the pictures of the girls were taken at Thanksgiving Point. We love Thanksgiving Point for so many reasons! Over Darwin's spring break we got to check out their new kids museum, The Museum of Natural Curiosity, for free! It was lots of fun for all of us---and I love the name of the museum :)
Before we left the house to head up though, Darwin snapped a couple pictures of me getting the girls ready.
Savy munching on some fruit snacks
I thought they were kind of cute, and I love that you can get an idea of how long Aurora's hair is! Usually you can't tell because it's so curly! We're so proud of that hair!
Inside the museum is really cool! In one part of it they have a whole bunch of different rooms where the kids can explore lots of different things. We got to spend a couple hours there and we didn't even get to explore the water section because it was still under construction. We'll definitely be going back another time to check out that part.
The first room we checked out was a theater room with a stage and a bunch of props to play with. You could change the curtains and the theater lighting. It was pretty cool. Rori came out from behind the curtain wearing a lion mask!
Trying out a giraffe mask
Playing with a "hula-loop", which is what Rori calls them.
Savy wearing some cool shades
The next room was a puppet theater
Rori putting on a puppet show
They had a dance room, and this one was a laundry room
Rori playing in the sand in the art room
Savy like the markers the best
I'm not sure what all the rooms/sections were called--this one was kind of like a magic shop
Behold! Savannah's floating head! :)
Behold! Aurora's floating head! [Plus some ;)]
Checking out some optical illusions
In the veterinarian room Rori got to pretend she was a Vet
Giving a kitty a check up
Cool X-Ray machine, huh?
Giving the kitty a shot
I guess you could say this was a building room. They had GIANT legos and a whole bunch of other fun things for the kids to build with. Rori built a tower out of foam puzzle piece things.
Oh! Who's that cute couple? ;)
In this room the kids got to crank this machine that makes the trains up near the ceiling go around their track. There's a little screen that lets them see what the train can see as it goes around. It was pretty neat--a popular area too!
Aurora turning the crank while watching the screen to see what the train could see
Savannah really wanted to sit with Aurora :)
Checking out the mail room
There were several of these box things near the floor that had little things in them for the kids to look at. This one had a cricket playing a fiddle--Savy really liked it.
The music room was really cool! You could control the instruments on the wall by pressing different buttons on the computer. Aurora has a hard time with really loud noises lately though, so this wasn't her favorite room.
Dar, on the other hand, loved it! ;)
The harp was really cool too. The "strings" were lasers and you played music by moving your hand across the laser beams. You could also press a button to change the sound of the harp.
My cute family
Another big section of the museum is jungle themed. There are little shops where the kids can "buy" pretend fruits and things that you'd find in a jungle. There's a section for tiny tots that Savy got to spend a lot of time playing in while she and I waited for Daddy and Rori to go through an obstacle course thing. Rori played in the tiny tot area for a little while too though :)
Rori didn't really do this one, but you could hang on the rope like a sloth
On this one you could see how high you could jump if you were a frog
Pretending to be some kind of bird
Savy playing in the tiny tot area while she and I waited for Daddy and Rori
Checking out some creepy crawlies
This girl loves balls!
Watching some ants
Working on her ballet stretches ;)
Daddy and Rori were going to try out the rope bridge--which was up really high--but Rori was a bit too scared. Luckily I snatched one picture, pretty zoomed in.
More of Savy waiting and playing
She especially loved to just throw the balls over the edge of the play area. Nice people kept chasing them down and putting them back in the tiny tot section :)
Rori safe and happy to be back down on the ground, watching some creepy crawlies
Back in the car after a fun afternoon at the museum and a picnic lunch in the grass afterwards.
Our sleepy baby, completely wiped out from having so much fun!
Inside the museum is really cool! In one part of it they have a whole bunch of different rooms where the kids can explore lots of different things. We got to spend a couple hours there and we didn't even get to explore the water section because it was still under construction. We'll definitely be going back another time to check out that part.
The first room we checked out was a theater room with a stage and a bunch of props to play with. You could change the curtains and the theater lighting. It was pretty cool. Rori came out from behind the curtain wearing a lion mask!
Trying out a giraffe mask
Playing with a "hula-loop", which is what Rori calls them.
Savy wearing some cool shades
The next room was a puppet theater
Rori putting on a puppet show
They had a dance room, and this one was a laundry room
Rori playing in the sand in the art room
Savy like the markers the best
I'm not sure what all the rooms/sections were called--this one was kind of like a magic shop
Behold! Savannah's floating head! :)
Behold! Aurora's floating head! [Plus some ;)]
Checking out some optical illusions
In the veterinarian room Rori got to pretend she was a Vet
Giving a kitty a check up
Cool X-Ray machine, huh?
Giving the kitty a shot
I guess you could say this was a building room. They had GIANT legos and a whole bunch of other fun things for the kids to build with. Rori built a tower out of foam puzzle piece things.
Oh! Who's that cute couple? ;)
In this room the kids got to crank this machine that makes the trains up near the ceiling go around their track. There's a little screen that lets them see what the train can see as it goes around. It was pretty neat--a popular area too!
Aurora turning the crank while watching the screen to see what the train could see
Savannah really wanted to sit with Aurora :)
Checking out the mail room
There were several of these box things near the floor that had little things in them for the kids to look at. This one had a cricket playing a fiddle--Savy really liked it.
The music room was really cool! You could control the instruments on the wall by pressing different buttons on the computer. Aurora has a hard time with really loud noises lately though, so this wasn't her favorite room.
Dar, on the other hand, loved it! ;)
The harp was really cool too. The "strings" were lasers and you played music by moving your hand across the laser beams. You could also press a button to change the sound of the harp.
My cute family
Another big section of the museum is jungle themed. There are little shops where the kids can "buy" pretend fruits and things that you'd find in a jungle. There's a section for tiny tots that Savy got to spend a lot of time playing in while she and I waited for Daddy and Rori to go through an obstacle course thing. Rori played in the tiny tot area for a little while too though :)
Rori didn't really do this one, but you could hang on the rope like a sloth
On this one you could see how high you could jump if you were a frog
Pretending to be some kind of bird
Savy playing in the tiny tot area while she and I waited for Daddy and Rori
Checking out some creepy crawlies
This girl loves balls!
Watching some ants
Working on her ballet stretches ;)
Daddy and Rori were going to try out the rope bridge--which was up really high--but Rori was a bit too scared. Luckily I snatched one picture, pretty zoomed in.
More of Savy waiting and playing
She especially loved to just throw the balls over the edge of the play area. Nice people kept chasing them down and putting them back in the tiny tot section :)
Rori safe and happy to be back down on the ground, watching some creepy crawlies
Back in the car after a fun afternoon at the museum and a picnic lunch in the grass afterwards.
Our sleepy baby, completely wiped out from having so much fun!
1 comment:
absolutely adorable! glad you all got to go! xo
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