I took Addison and
Emma to the Museum of Science and History here in Jacksonville this week after
they got over their Strep throat. We had been cooped up in the house for
several days and I really needed to get them out to play. Iwant to buy an
annual pass to this place because I have never seen them more excited! I think
they might be a little nerdy like their mom and dad because they were so into
learning and exploring all the exhibits. Addison was a little bit scared of the
human body exhibit and the dinosaurs. Emma absolutely loved every single thing
she saw and was able to touch (and the things she was not allowed to touch
since I had to fetch her from underneath railings and blocked off areas several
times). They even sat through a 30 min. planetarium show. By far the planetarium
and the native reptile and birds exhibit was their favorite. I didn’t get any
pictures in the planetarium because cameras had to be turned off. It was funny
because they’re so small they didn’t fit in the reclining seats. The seats
folded like movie theatre seats and their little legs just pointed straight in
the air. Of course Emma made this into a game and kept pushing her legs up and
down. Both ended up in my lap. When the planetarium show was over Emma kept
saying, “Mommy, we go back to that dark room?” Later she told Brian, “Daddy, I
want to take you to that dark room. It will be so fun!” Addison wanted to pick
up all the snakes, lizards, and frogs she found in the reptile room. (Side
note: This girl has a serious passion for catching frogs. Emma will catch them
too, but Addison is borderline obsessive about this activity. We have so many
small frogs that have hatched from the pond behind our house. So there are tons
for her to play with each day.) Back to the museum, I was so happy to take the
girls without the stroller and feel pretty confident they were not going to run
from me. It makes things so much easier to not have to lug that big stroller
around! We will definitely go back to the MOSH!
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| Entering the human body exhibit. Addison directly in front of eye, Emma on right |
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| Look at the pure joy on these faces! Addison left, Emma right |
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| Conversation went something like this..Addison: "Oh, look Emma! Which one is your favorite?" Emma: "I don't know!" |
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| Emma with a huge catfish. It's hard to see but that thing was large! |
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| Addison with the same catfish. |
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| OMG! Look at that dinosaur head. Emma started climbing in that part shortly after this photo. |
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| Amazingly they left their hairbows in the whole time! Too busy to think about pulling them out. As soon as we got in car they were gone! |
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| Look how long their hair is getting! I just cut it a month ago. |
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| Addison on a dinosaur dig! |
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| Emma left, Addison right |
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| Emma in the native plant exhibit. |
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| Addison |
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| Emma left, Addison right |
