Behold: more photos of us from yet another visit to Science!
Riley really likes to watch craters being made.
She also likes maps more than just about anything, and this one is interactive.*
*Interactive in that semi-functional museum way where stuff never really works like it should and nothing has instructions that make sense.
This was some kind of exhibit about infrared something or other.*
*See footnote above.
Every time we go to the Discovery Zone, big sis rushes over to the Smell Game.
Smells like …
… VICTORY.
Riley has already mastered this rock-putting game.
See?
Beach Grandma watched me climb this stuff …
… while dad pointed the camera at me …
… and I even looked in his general direction sometimes.
See that fake dirt on my hand?
That dirt right there?
It means there’s ‘Tology going on.
See?
Dig dig dig.
I’m finding dinos!
An afternoon of dino-finding leaves me hungry for some nutritious lettuce.
CHOMP.
You can really taste the high water content!
This is what a dinosaur looks like on the inside.
Riley got to touch a real dino tooth and ask the nice lady all sorts of precocious questions.
Then we went to Vicious Fishes and she got to do some art.
PANCAKE FISH!
Science* is my favorite place to go …
*Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
… and Discovery Zone on the second floor is my favorite place there.
Little sis likes it too.
She likes to get plopped in the ‘tologist zone and dig for dinos.
I like to stick out my tongue when I concentrate now.
It’s my new thing.
My second-favorite place in Science is Outer Space. I’m making craters here …
… and I will dock this spaceship one of these days.
Zoe’s twenty-third word is “Rhamphorhynchus,”* so we† headed off to Science‡ to see some dino bones.
*Not true.
†Dad, cubs, and Haley, who shot all these photos and very briefly considered sharing my popsicle before declining politely.
‡Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Yes, yes, I have checked in with Mission Control.
This interactive experience could have been a little less frustrating.
Even so, we put forth a reasonable effort in docking the shuttle.
Earth is, as I told dad today, not far from us.
Zoe really, really likes the Discovery Zone.
I really, really like the piano they have there.
Little sis is cute.
C’mon, croc! This platypus is not going to attack itself.
I like to write my own name on my art these days.*
*It’s the thought that counts.
This is just awesome.
Strut strut strut.
Zoe ate lunch with a minimum of two forks today.
Dad marveled at my hands-on eating technique.
Ayep.
CRUST!
Zoe taught dad the correct way to use a fork as a rake.
You probably have never seen my sleep-eating technique before.
It works.
Morning!
Grandma Marianne made me this headband.
Morning!
Dad got me a popsicle and was smart enough (this week) not to take a bite and drive me completely insane.
It tastes …
… pink!
Zoe has not yet taught dad the correct way to eat a popsicle.
The other people in the cafeteria felt bad for him.
At one point, he had to ask for help.
I pretended I didn’t know him.
Dad says his strong legs, trim waist, and Zoe-assisted impressive height make this photo a keeper.*
*Dad has none of these things in real life.
This was right before dad could feel Zoe peeing on his neck.
Ayep.
This was on the way home, right after I said “I’m not tired!”
We went to the Dinosaur Bones Place* yesterday.
*Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Riley copied my slide style.
Since she knows how to walk, she also did other stuff.
There’s this really cool exhibit where you run on a path and it records your every move.
Here you can see Riley and Riley surrounding Dad as he runs like a monkey. (You will not see this anywhere else in the world.)
DINOSAUR BONES!
Riley knows how to use touchscreens …
… so she did some of that too.
I, on the other hand, showed off my gator-rasslin’ skills.
Riley tried being a TOLOGIST* for a few minutes.
*Paleontologist
Science!