Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Dinosaur Museum

Yesterday after Chloe's nap we headed out to Thanksgiving Point to the Dinosaur Museum because it was only going to cost us $2.00 each. Normally it's $12.00 for adults, and $8.00 for children. It's $2.00 Tuesday for this month so I figured I better take them while it's inexpensive. I only wish we started going at the beginning of the month so we could go visit the other attractions. Also included in the $2.00 price is the Children's Garden, the regular Gardens, Farm Country and the Dinosaur Museum. Maybe we'll go again next Tuesday since school doesn't start until Wednesday. :D

When we arrived, parking was horrible. You couldn't find anywhere to park because it was so busy. After finally finding a parking spot, we found the line, a HUGE line. We were worried it was going to take forever to get through it, but in reality, it only took us a maximum of 15 minutes, not bad for a huge line!

Inside the supposedly "World's Largest Dinosaur Museum", it was pretty cool. We had a lot of fun and was able to look at everything, do some of the crafts, play in the sand water pool, the sand pile, and even play on the computers.

Brayden's and Madison's favorite part of the museum was playing in the sand water pool and all the cool dinosaurs. I think Chloe just enjoyed all the dinosaurs. They were huge, and she's never heard of a dinosaur before.

After being in the museum for just barely over an hour, we went into the gift shop. Brayden and Madison picked out a container of rocks (my kids collect polished rocks) and a fossil (an Ammonite which is a fossilized remain of a squid-like animal which existed from 420 MYA to 65 MYA). Chloe picked up a squishy small dinosaur.

We had a lot of fun and can't wait to go again.

Brayden and Madison in the sand water pool.

In front of the T-Rex and some other dinosaurs.

In a little cave they played in. Chloe got into it too and didn't want to go out.

Just some cool dinosaurs.

The Ammonite fossil the kids picked out.

4 comments:

Jodi Gallagher said...

We love our pass to Thanksgiving point! This is the 2nd year I've bought one. We try and go at least once a week. The farms is my kids fave right now. You should go there next time. Looks like you guys had fun!

Smith Family said...

Looks like lots of fun!

Preds Girl said...

Hey...I was just at Thanksgiving Point yesterday, too! My Young Women's group went to the Gardens and rented a golf cart and three Segways. It was so much fun. I've never been in the Gardens before...they are BEAUTIFUL!!

Looks like the museum is a lot of fun!

Kim said...

That fossil looks really cool! Looks like you had fun...again!

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