The Desert Museum

Rodeo Break was towards the end of February. Since my mom got a year membership to the Desert Museum for her and all her grandkids plus one guest at Christmas, she wanted to make sure it got used, so we planned an outing to the Desert Museum over Rodeo Break. This time we dressed in shorts and t-shirts so we wouldn't have overheated grumpy kids like when we went at the beginning of January. This winter has been a non-winter where if we wear long sleeves past 10am it's too hot.

Anyway, here are some of the pictures from our fun outing.

We brought the sit 'n stand stroller and the kids rotated through riding. Peyton and Ryan were happy to share a seat. 

 We stopped for lunch along the path. Annie and Rachel were loving their new hats (Rachel's is a Sofia the First hat, and Annie's is supposed to look like a butterfly), but Ryan's hat stayed on for about 5 minutes. He loved it--it's a duck hat--but he's only got a little patience for stuff on his head. It did last longer than any other hat has lasted, however. And he occasionally asks for it and wears it for 2 or 3 minutes while walking to the bus stop to pick up Rachel before he gives up on it again.

 McKenzie with bat ears:

 This Rattlesnake was trying to smell us. It was right up next to the glass, very curious. And cool.

 Outside the cave there was a place for the kids to dig for fossils that we apparently skipped last time we were there. The kids donned their protective eye gear and got to work brushing away the dirt.

 They were very excited to uncover several fossils that were in the ground.

 Rachel counted 54 frogs hiding partially hidden on the rocks/in the water.

Notice the ground squirrel running around it's little home. 

It was a fun trip. We look forward to visiting again!