This morning our Grandma came over and we headed down town! We made a quick stop in the Sculpture Garden. We watched the people ice skating and checked out some of the sculptures. There was a really cool tree made out of metal! It was so shiny! Then it was off to my favorite museum, the Natural History Museum!



                 

                 

                 

                 

We checked out the under water area first. We got to see lots of sharks and squid and jelly fish. We even got to check out a whole family of Nemo and Dori fish! We love going to the aquarium so this was a good alternative. Then we made our way through the Native American and early man area. Then it was off to the animals of Africa! It was SO cool. I loved seeing the hippos and giraffes and lions and other really interesting animals. It was so much fun! And boy was it crowded today...

                 

                 

                  

                  





                 



                 

Some really nice lady gave us 6 tickets to the Live Butterfly Exhibit and Daddy came to meet us from work so we went to check out the show when it started and it all worked out. It was really cool. We walked in and there were butterflies flying everywhere and landing all over and eating fruit. They were so colorful and beautiful. 

Then they started flying a little too close to me. And one even landed on my arm and I freaked out! I was not very excited about the butterflies once they got too close. Daddy had to take me out of butterfly exhibit but Kai, Finn, Mama and Grandma continued to enjoy it.

                  

                  

Then we headed to the "bones" section. We got to see skeletons of whales and fish and birds and then our favorite, dinosaurs!! We walked through the National Geographic photo section, wow, there were some amazing photos! And we took our pictures with some really big rhino's!

                  

                 

                 

                  





Then we checked out the Hope Diamond! Daddy told us about the curse of the Hope Diamond. We never want to own that diamond...NO WAY!

                 

After spending many hours at the museum we decided to head out and grab a bite to eat. We took a walk down to the Sports Bar that Daddy used to hang out at a long time ago. He still knows the owner but he wasn't there. We had a yummy meal and got to hang out and decompress.





                 

Then everyone, except me of course, crashed on the way home! It was an exhausting day!! But man was it fun!



Later we went to MeMa and PopPop's house for a pizza dinner with our cousins! We got to run around and play iPads and do puzzles and eat dinner. It was a super fun night and the perfect end to a great day!