Memorial Day at the Museums

We were so happy that Daddy could join us for field trips on Monday.  Today we went to the Dallas Fair Park to explore the museums.  The first museum we went to was the Science Museum which was putting on

 a special "Spy Event."  We decided that we would buy a membership to the National Science/Nature Museum Association which will allow us to get into over 200 museums free.  Now that we are traveling we should be able to put it to good use.

As part of our membership we received a spy kit which Rusty put to good use.  After exploring the spy exhibit the kids went to work on the rest of the museum.  

Here is a sampling of the fun things they did......

We also visited the Children's Museum (which is actually now combined with the science museum which has also combined with the nature museum- so now it's all one big museum- in various buildings :)

Then we took a lunch break by the lagoon.  However I believe that the turtles ate more of our lunch than my family did.  There were so many turtles- red eared sliders, big old snapper turtles, and some that I couldn't identify.  With Rusty's inspiration the kids did "experiments" to determine what type of food each turtle would eat. The conclusion- snapper turtles like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and red eared sliders prefer string cheese- fish will eat whatever the turtles don't.

After lunch we hit the nature museum (see above note regarding museums).  Ben wasn't thrilled here- not enough buttons to push and things to touch- until we got to the "light" room. 

His attention span is limited to physical activity, I'm hoping he will "grow" into learning in other ways as most formal education focuses on other ways of learning, but for now at least his enthusiasm can be channeled at home. 

We finished off the day by coming home and swimming.  We all slept very well that night.