Dinosaurs!!!

Jay and the kids and I had a fantastic time at the Tyrrell Museum on Saturday! It was so much fun, everyone had such a great time. As promised, there are a lot of photos:

We left before noon on Saturday and headed to Drumheller. We stopped for lunch at McDonald's and ate outside amongst the aggressive seagulls (apparently me feeding them french fries only encourages them).

We got to the museum and the kids were very excited. We got inside and although the place was a little busy, it wasn't awful. We walked around, browsing the exhibits. The kids really enjoyed it. There was one display in a dark room where the floor was made of plexiglas and there was a pre-historic undersea display under the floor and up one wall. Neither of the kids wanted to walk on it, and I don't blame them, it looked like you would fall right through. We coaxed Lincoln across, even though he walked soooooo slowly and carefully, and Jay carried Sydnie. It was quite cute.

The liked looking at the dinosaurs, and there were a few kid-friendly displays that they got to try out. One of them featured a bunch of plastic butterflies on this board, and once you pressed the button you had to try and 'catch' the butterflies by tapping them once they lit up. Sort of like whack-a-mole. It kept track of how many of each color you caught. It was a lot of fun, we all played.

Eventually we got to the end of the museum and the kids each got to pick out something from the gift shop. Sydnie picked a really cute stuffed dinosaur which she calls 'Saratops' and Lincoln picked out a T-Rex puzzle.

There was a really awesome play ground outside of the museum and we let them spend over half an hour there climbing and playing.

We had to drag them away from there, much to their disgust, but I wanted to have time to stop at one more place. We used to go to Drumheller all the time as kids, and Reptile World was the main attraction for our family! I was pleased to see that it still existed, and had moved to a bigger location!

Reptile World is Canada's largest live reptile exhibit. The kids totally loved it! The glass enclosures were low enough that Sydnie could see in to them, and many of the snakes were slithering about quite actively. Jason and I enjoyed reading up on all of the different species they had on display, and they still had Fred the huge alligator that I got to feed once a long time ago. It was such a cool experience, and I am so glad we made time to take the kids there.

We had a really awesome time. I hope everyone enjoys the pictures!