Museum Monday

This is a long over due post, sorry, we had Internet problems last week. We're trying to be on the look out for family fun free/cheap activities in our community so we can expose Porter to new things. That and it's fun!

The Utah Museum of Natural History has one day a month that is free admission all day long. We were able to take advantage this month. I remembered the camera but forgot the memory card so these were taking with Aaron's phone, but these will give you an idea of what they have. {The Tower of Power}

{Why we thought we could get him to pose for a photo in front of the Teepee I don't know!}

{Blurry but cute!}

Aaron was just like a little kid when we got to the dinosaur exhibit, he was running around with Porter showing him things, reading everything, and then telling me about it in true Aaron fashion. I love that he's such a fan of information. He gets so excited about things and I think that will make him a prime candidate for motivating the kids on homework nights.

FYI: we didn't do it but they have this exhibit where you can put your kid in a pit of gravel and they can dig up molds of dinosaur bones it was very popular.

This is a little exhibit that demonstrates a principal of geology. It also spins around very easily...Porter loved it. He got it going pretty good and the next thing I know there was a line of kids behind us ready to take their turn, too funny.

{Precious Gems}

{Playing at Presidents Circle afterwards, the museum was a bit dusty for a crawler on the floor, so we had to get the wiggles out!}

This is just a little of what they had there.

This has been one of our favorite family activities, it only cost the gas it took us to drive to the Museum. I was worried about the cost of parking, but they even give you a free pass to park. It's a sweet deal. If you're interested in taking your own family here is a link for Free Mondays, it's only the first Monday of each month. If you go be prepared for a little bit of rowdy, there were lots of kids running around exploring. Also the building is super old (they're building a new one soon) so it smells like a museum, and it lacks air conditioning. However, we thought it was totally worth the cost of the drive!