Last Weekend

The kids' Spring Break began on Friday, but we aren't leaving for our Utah Cousin trip until Wednesday, so I decided to do something fun with them on Saturday to make the break special. When Rich was finished working at the ranch house, we went to Museum of the Rockies to renew our membership and check out the frog exhibit. We didn't know it was PBS "Dinosaur Train" Day when we made out plans, so it was surprising to see our normally sleepy little museum rockin' like Disneyland with wall-to-wall people!

Our first stop was the frog exhibit. I was wishing we could handle some frogs because there were some really cute ones! Of course the cutest ones were poisonous...

James loved this giant bullfrog! He was a fatty!

These guys were my favorites! Don't they look like bath toys? SO CUTE!

Addie spotting the fat bullfrog

(her hair was all curly because we tried out rag curls the night before while watching some March Madness)

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Our secodn stop was the planetarium show about Dinosaurs, and then we headed upstairs to the new kids' room, the Yellowstone Discovery center. It's pretty fun!

Heidi became the cabin chef for a while...

and made some pizza for Daddy, before going fishing for some trout.

James went fishing, too, and wore a ranger hat.

Addie and Heidi with their catches.

James on one of the found-art animal sculptures.

Addie's fishing license

The found-art Bison near the entry.

Addie at the entranceAddie, Chef Heidi, Daddy, and James in front of the fake Old Faithful geyser.

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When we were done exploring Yellowstone, we went down to the hall of dinosaurs to meet Buddy the Dinosaur from PBS...

Heidi put on a dino costume...

...and we did eventually meet Buddy. James was thrilled cuz he loves "Dinosaur Train."

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Sunday was a day of rest for real (well, and a day of basketball) because all the kids seemed a little cold-ish and sniffly. Heidi amused herself at quiet time with her stuffed animals.

She's quite the wrangler! Love my jungle girl!