Weekend Field Trip - Museum of Life and Science

We have been keeping really busy on the weekends. Last weekend, we took Mason to the Museum of Life and Science. It was the first time we had gone together as a family.  I have been several times with children from the Y but this time I was entertaining my own child. It was very different than I remembered. Maybe that was because I was actually able to enjoy the museum this time. Mason was excited about all of the cool exhibits inside.  He was most fascinated with the "cloud" making machine.

After spending awhile inside, we ventured outside to see what was going on. Mason was quickly drawn to the huge musical instrument area so we spent a little time enjoying the "music" he and the other little ones were creating.

After enjoying some fabulous "music" we moved on to the butterfly exhibit. There were tons of beautiful butterflies in there. It was great watching Mason hold out his hand in hopes of the perfect butterfly landing on it. We were not fortunate enough to have them land on his hand but I am certain the butterfly was fortunate that it didn't.  Below is a picture of him trying so hard to get one to land on his little hand.

Then we were off to the dinosaur trail. It was a really cool trail with lots of huge dinosaurs. There was even a section where the you could dig for fossils and dinosaur bones. Mason really liked this area. Below are a few pictures that should tell the story of our time on this trail.

We enjoyed looking at all of the animals and riding on the train but unfortunately, we did not get many pictures of either of those things. We didn't get to finish going through the museum. Mason was getting sleepy and cranky so we called it a day and headed home. But before we left, we decided to purchase a family membership so we can enjoy the museum more often over the next year. Going just 2 more times will make the membership pay for itself so we thought it was a great idea. We are already planning another trip in the next couple of weeks and are planning to take the Santa train in December.

I abslolutely love spending time together as a family. It is awesome watching Mason as he is exploring new things. His mind is always working and he is such a little sponge.  I love him more than anything in the world and am looking forward to our next field trip!

Until next time......