Dinosaur Museum

We went to Thanksgiving Point's dinosaur museum the last Tuesday of the $2 deals. The kids had a good time, but it was definitely not worth the $8 or $10 it normally is. Well, I wasn't a big fan, but judging by all the pictures of dead dinosaur bones Doug took, I think he rather enjoyed it. I won't bore you with too many of those here. The above picture is Jaden, our ever energetic neighbor. He always makes sure the kids have more fun.


I'd love to actually see a turtle this big, so I was fairly impressed with this one.


Looking past the snot, it's a pretty cute picture, though I'm not biased. We somehow managed to forget the stroller so Ben spent half of the time on my hip. He is, though, much more outgoing than Charlotte. It's easy to love both kids because I love them both for different reasons. Charlotte is sweet and timid and nurturing, just like I was. Ben, on the other hand, is a ham and bold and runs into situations I would never try.

The whole trip took a little over an hour. Charlotte loved the star tunnel and the sandy water and Ben loved digging for fossils. I'm not sure how much they learned about the evolution of the earth, but I'm not worried!

Bad Mommy

So on Monday night we went over with Charlotte what you should do for different disasters like earthquakes, fires and tornadoes (Doug informed me the best place for a tornado is in the tub...did not know that). We talked about when the fire alarm goes off you should run to the nearest door and to the mailbox. Genius Mommy then had Daddy "go to the kitchen" and set off the fire alarm. She had never heard it before and I wanted to make sure she knew what to do. She ran outside with me and Ben and waited very carefully for the firemen to come. We finally convinced her it was just a drill and I thought we were done. Now anytime she goes into or out of her bedroom she needs to have someone with her because she's sure the alarm is going to go off again. She actually seems fairly terrified that it's going to make that horrible noise. It's been 3 days now and it shows no sign of letting up. She woke up from her nap this afternoon and wouldn't leave her bedroom because of the fire detector. Some would say I shouldn't complain about this.......but it's the principal of the matter. I can't remember her being afraid of anything so much. Ideas?

Boating

We had the wonderful opportunity to go boating with some friends of ours that we met back in Spokane, the Bradleys. Charlotte is friends with their little girl Nicole and her mom Marla is honestly the nicest person I know.

Nicole's Dad, Jared, let Charlotte steer the boat with her. She felt oh so important. Plus, we didn't crash so that's always good.



Ben doesn't ever like to stay still so it didn't surprise us that every time they cut the engine Ben ran back to the end of the boat so he could jump off into the water. Ever fearless. He saw the girls diving and put his hands together like their so he could jump off.


Charlotte eventually decided that the water wasn't too bad. Much to our surprise, her favorite part was tubing. She would have gone all day if we had let her. The whole time she asked to go faster and go back and forth over the badump (the wake) and she never got scared. She even sat all by herself.


Ben got sunburned a little on his face, but luckily I got sunburned the worst. Charlotte and Doug escaped with little more than a tan.

Doug and Jared were bruised for days afterwards when Marla flung them off the tube. They flipped and hit the water twice before finally splashing in. Doug said it felt like he got hit by 2 by 4s. Marla and I managed to stay on our tube the whole time, though I bet that had more to do with Jared's kindness than our skill. We also got to kneeboard, though it wasn't half as fun as the tubing.


We're in the middle of a sickness. Both Ben and Charlotte have had fevers for two nights. But that didn't stop us from going to the Highland Parade where we picked up oodles of candy. Of course, we'll end up eating more of it than the kids, but that's the way it goes, right?