Weekend Report

Well we survived our long weekend. We had Dan's niece and nephew from Thurs-Sun. I took them to Dino Days/Paleo Fest at the Burpee Natural History Museum and Discovery Center on Sat. They had a blast. The Burpee has a juvenille T-Rex on display, named Jane. She is amazing and almost complete. The kids were fascinated by her. The museum is working on a new set of dino bones: a Triceratops named Homer. We can't wait for the unveiling. There were dinosaur crafts at both museums. It was our first time at the Discovery Center and the kids fell in love with it. Our nephew said that he didn't know you were supposed to get so much exercise at a museum. They were all sweating and exhausted. It was pure heaven for Danny. On the first floor he found a construction site, complete with a crane, dump truck, building blocks, hard hats, etc. He spent about 45 minutes loading and unloading (this was Danny size). When we went upstairs he found a giant Thomas table and a huge water table. Madison was fascinated by the pretend bank that had the tube system that they use at drive throughs. Cheyenne was fascinated by the pretend grocery store. Adam loved the virtual sport games. They all were fascinated by the tornado simulator and shadow room. There was a lot of fun stuff to do. We are going to buy a year pass to the museum. I think we will get our moneys worth.
On another note we are having a heat wave-we hit 44 yesterday. It was the first time in over a month that the temp was above 40. Wooohooo!!