DMNS

Today we went with a BIG group of people to The Denver Museum of Nature and Science. A lot of exploring - we spent most of our time in Expedition Health.

Owen and Elise made A a chicken for her upcoming birthday - the breed is a Fluff-a-monk-a-peck-a-brown. Today she was named Fluff-a-luff-a-gus.
Here she is:

Close up of the head:

A with Fluff-a-luff-a-gus:

Oh, and here is the model:

Fun in the little kids section - of which all of our kids are too old now (well except for about 3 of them - not pictured here!)

Mom had fun with the cool rainbow lights in the little kids section:

Elise and the cool rainbow lights:

Gratuitous baby shot:

We all enjoyed the lab section of Expedition Health. Here is my motley crew:

Here they are working on what kills bacteria:

Viewing the results - fluorescence!!!!!

A and B:

Ursula and the girls:

Lara with some of hers:

David with some more:

Still more girls: (Really - there were some boys with our group!)

I've gotta tell ya - the museum did something right with this exhibit - all the kids were enthralled. Animated videos of illness and what causes them.

Here is a bunch of our group gathered around:

And here is the catchy little tune that went with it:

The climbing wall was a big hit:

Of course there is the T Rex (Sue?) who is about to step on our darling children!

One big disappointment - the fountains were turned off for maintainence on Mondays :-(

But we found a sweet little creek (mudhole) right behind the museum. The kids loved it.

Finally, I just had to throw in a pic of "Frankendaddy". A board fell on John's head during his renovations. 7 stiches.

Lovely picture, eh?