Arizona Natural History Museum

While Vickie and I were in Phoenix watching grandkids, we decided to take them to the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa, which has a great collection of dinosaurs, which are usually a big hit with the kids. It started outside the museum, where they all posed in front of one. Once inside, though, Ivy was absolutely terrified by the mammoth skeleton, and it took her a while to allay those fears. After a while, during which time nobody was attacked by the skeletons, she decided that maybe they weren't so scary after all.
Besides the dinosaurs, a big draw was the outdoor gold-panning stream. As you can see, everybody got to try it - and get a bit wet. The sand was spiked with gold (OK, fool's gold), so that everyone came home with some sparkle.





















Finally, after all this fun, Lizzie, Eli, and Ivy presented us all with a play - so here it is!