Since it was raining and cold all day, I thought I would get at least one thing off of my Summer To-Do list. I figure if you can't go outside, and you don't feel like doing chores inside, you may as well do something fun inside.
The museum it was.
This particular museum is currently running an exhibit where you get to visit about nine different biomes. We trekked through dessert, tundra, Savannah grasslands, and a rain forest to name just a few. There were all sorts of hands-on activities for the kids to enjoy as well as all sorts of trivia and information stations. It was pretty fun, and very appropriate for my kids' ages. We also took in a movie on the "Extreme Screen". It was about elephants, which I love.
The Girl loved every second of today's adventure. She soaked in as much information as she could. The Little Man had fun too. He was excited to be able to look around and explore stuff without being told he couldn't. He was also very excited to be able to share the fun with his cousins, who came along for the adventure as well.
He hasn't changed one bit when it comes to movies though. When the popcorn runs out, he's ready to leave. For him, it's all about the food, and the movie is something going on in the background while he chews. Thankfully, the movie was just under an hour long. I rationed the popcorn accordingly.
Tonight, as we sat around the dinner table, the kids re-lived their favorite parts of the day for their daddy. At some point, The Girl, thought it would be appropriate during her story-telling to act like a statue.
It just keeps things interesting to freeze mid-story.
We weren't really sure what she was doing. When we asked, she wouldn't answer us.
She was a statue.
Statues don't talk.
Finally, she held up her hand, as if holding up a torch.
The Hubs asked, "Are you the Statue of Liberty?"
Finally, she answered, "Yes, I am a statue!"
Going off topic from our museum tour, since we had pretty much left that conversation somehow, The Hubs asked, "Do you even know where the Statue of Liberty is?"
She answered, "Yes, DAD! It's in New York City."
"Uh-huh. Very good! I didn't know that you knew that," he responded.
"Yes, it was from France. It was a gift to the US from France. It's like the biggest gift EVER," she came back with.
Then there was a pause.
"Well, it's not the biggest gift ever. No, it was just slightly smaller than Jesus. Ya, Jesus was the biggest gift ever."
Biomes, The Statue of Liberty, and Jesus all in one ten minute conversation.
At least that's all cleared up.
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