Our Trip to the Museum

Conrad had been asking to go to Rigby's, Farnsworth TV and Pioneer Museum for awhile.  I had been debating in my mind of whether or not to go.  It took some courage on my part to take all five kids in there.  I never know if the'll behave.  Really it's just Brayden.  He's at a hard age for anything organized indoors.  Obviously from the picture above.

I decided to bite the bullet and take them.  I chose the wrong time but the museum is only open in the afternoon.  So, we went.  It actually turned out to be a fun experience.  Brayden was a pill but, not bad enough that we had to leave. 

It's actually a really cool museum and a very cheap family outing.  It was only a buck for the three older kids and two dollars for me.  There was a lot of stuff neat stuff in that place.  It had a room for each city in our county plus the Philo T Farnsworth exhibit, the history of Rigby and many more interesting artifacts.  I want to go back and read up so I can take them back and tell them about it.

After that visit Conrad kept asking if there was another museum we could visit.  I told him about the Museum of Idaho in Idaho Falls.  He really wanted to go.  So, I decided we'd go since we are just about back in school again.  We got up made it to the museum early so the kids were fresh.  They were all great and we had a fun really time.  

The exhibit was "Race to Antarctica".  I wasn't sure how we'd all like it, but it was really cool.  They had a cool story to follow and fun things for the kids to interact with. The kids each got a different card with info on a certain person in the race and got to look for certain things in the exhibit as we walked through.  

They really liked those cards.  So much that they grabbed a few more on the way out from the recycle box.  You can see them in the picture below.  They didn't allow any pictures inside the museum so I only got a couple of pictures outside.

They also had a blast playing in the kids room.  It is really fun there.  They have a tee pee, a small cabin, and some caves throughout it.  Pretty cool. 

They will have a new exhibit the end of next month and we will be going to that one.  I'm glad I decided to venture out and that the kids are finally at a point that we can try adventures like these.  It will be something different and fun that we can start doing together as a family.

Caleb was not happy about having his picture taken.  Stinker :).