Day at the Museum and the things my kids have to say

Today we headed up to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (that membership we bought has been awesome!!) This was a huge deal for me because it was the first time I have driven to the downtown Denver area by myself. I am kind of a nervous driver in the "big city." The kids kept asking where Daddy was and when I said he was at work, Isaac asked incredulously, "We are going by ourselves?!" Pretty pathetic, I know. But now I know how to get there, so maybe I will do it again sometime!!

Here are Chloe and Isaac making their best dinosaur faces.

All the kids loved the Discovery Zone. It was nice to let them get lots of hands-on time!

The whole museum was great, as always. We packed a picnic lunch and ate out under the trees before coming home.

The highlight of the day, for me, had to be when we were walking back into the museum after lunch to do a final potty break before heading home. We passed a man sitting outside on a bench, smoking a pipe. Audrey announced loudly, right in front of him, "He's smoking!" I didn't really even know what to say, so I just said quietly, "Yes, he is." Then she said, even louder, "He's gonna die!!" Well, I know I about did...

When we were a safe distance away, I tried to explain how it is rude to talk about other people and what they are doing. I was really worried because I knew we couldn't avoid passing right by the man again on our way out. Before we left the museum I said, "Are we going to say anything about the smoking man?" And all the kids said, "NO!" in unison. Then Chloe thought for a second and said, "I did like his smoker, though."