Day at the Museum

It's good that we went to the North American Museum of Ancient History at Thanksgiving Point during the daytime because I wouldn't want to meet up with this guy at night. He's called the Utah Raptor. He is just one of the many, many displays at this amazing museum.

On New Year's Day we opted for an outing instead of just another day hanging around at home feeling like we needed to be productive. I had read about an event at this museum for kids and their parents (and grandparents, too) that included a scavanger hunt, arts and craft projects, a fishing pond (for prizes not real fish) and face painting as well as exploring the displays and exhibits. I have driven past this museum lots of times as it sits right next to I-15 between Salt Lake and all points South but we have never stopped in for a visit. Turns out Collin has been there about 3 or 4 times and he loves it.

I have never seen so many dinosaurs in my life! Really, really big ones like T-Rex and teeny, tiny ones that I never even knew about. They also had a wooly mammoth -- minus all his wool! There were even underwater sea dwelling dinosaurs! The musuem is really A+.
There is room after room after room with display cases and interactive stations and lifesize models of probably over 100 dinosaurs. Collin especially enjoyed the bone quarry where kids can dig for and unearth dinosaur bones just like little archeologists.

All in all it was a great outing... I highly recommend it for kids of any age!