Tellus Museum 2011

One lovely Friday, Nana and I took the boys and all 4 Goodloe's to the Tellus Science and Planetarium Museum. We all had such a fun time exploring the museum and putting our hands on everything allowed!

This was feat #1...getting all 6 kiddos and 1 senior citizen to stand still for a photo...just kidding Nana!

Aaaarrrgh!! Is this where they got the idea for jaws? This will DEFINITELY haunt me in my nightmares.

We sat in super-reclined movie theater seats to watch the planetarium do their night sky show on the domed ceiling with a Sesame Street twist. About 3 minutes into the show, Reed hollers "Mommie! Who's that big yellow duck!?!?" Ok, so the boys were never really exposed to Sesame Street and the likes of Big Bird, but a big yellow bird that can talk? I mean, come on! It was funny nonetheless.

They have a big excavation area where you can dig for fossils and shark teeth and even pan for semi-precious gems. The boys had fun just throwing the dirt from side to side and splashing around in the gem mines' water tanks.

Chasing after 6 kids under the age of 11 can be quite a task. So we made Keely and Ryan be "captains" and take control of 2 "buddies." Ryan looked after Reed and Leah,

while Keely kept track of Linde and Nolan. Job well done, Captains!!