Last Monday was Veteran’s Day and Darren had the day off, so we had a little "Family Fun Day" and took the kids to the Museum of Natural History. We wanted to try the Children's Museum, but it was closed Mondays, so went there instead. Logan is really into dinos lately, so we figured he'd enjoy it. It was a little bit of an older museum, but was still pretty fun. They had a little underwater section that had some models of sharks and whales and also a small pool with little sharks and batrays that the kids loved watching. Logan was a little nervous but Rylee loved watching them splash around and I thought she might want to go jump in! They had a big snake (a real one) that they boys were both very fascinated with and also a huge stuffed giraffe. They had a display of animals native to Nevada and also some dino models. When Logan saw the dinos for the first time and realized what they were, it was so funny! He caught a glimpse and then slowly walked toward them in complete awe, but wouldn’t get too close. Then they made some noises and he was out of there! It made him a little freaked out – especially when one of them moved. They also had a little children’s discovery center with some fun things like a Nemo fish tank and a chance to dig for fossils and some other interactive things. Logan really enjoyed that too. He just loved running around and exploring the whole place. They also had a display of African animals that had hyenas, lions, zebra, hippos and a rhino and some monkeys. Logan loved that place and thought it was so cool that he could push the button to make the lion roar – I don’t know why that was so much less threatening than the dino roar, but it was! We had a fun day. We had a great day spending time together! We love when Daddy has a day off!
Watching the bat rays
Cute Rylee just hanging out in her stroller
On Thursday, Darren had a half day of school so we decided to take the kids to the Bellagio and check out their fall display and see the fountain show. We are always talking about going down there, but we never seem to do it so we finally did and the kids LOVED it! They were both mesmerized by all the water and plants and people. The Bellagio does an awesome fall display in their hotel with HUGE pumpkins and water fountains and a big water mill and other neat stuff. And we saw the big fountain show outside which was also incredible. The kids were both watching everything so wide-eyed and interested! Rylee couldn't take her eyes off of the water! It was really fun to see those things with them and realize how incredible they are – When we see them so much, we don’t always realize it! I love how excitable and amazed kids are by the simplest things! Logan is still talking about the water and making these funny noises to mimic what they sounded like and the HUGE pumpkins!
Monday we went to to the new Town Square Shopping Center with our ward playgroup. It was really neat! They had an awesome playground and Logan LOVED it! He was all over the place! They had several different little playhouses, including a treehouse and a Princess Castle, and different little things to ride on and slides and everything. (For all of you in Vegas with little kids, I would highly recommend it!) We didn't get a chance to check out the shopping but it looked really nice.
Sometimes it feels like so much effort to go anywhere with 2 small kids but I know that they love doing these things and that they are memories we are creating that they will remember forever. Rylee may still be too small but Logan loves when we go do fun things and talks about them forever – He still talks about Disneyland in great detail and is now also talking about going to see the dinosaurs and the water show and playing in the treehouse at the Park!
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