After wanting to go for the past year and half or so, we finally made it over to the Fort Worth Science Museum….located oddly enough in Fort Worth…very close to the world famous Fort Worth Zoo. I have been very close to the museum the past couple of years since the Cowtown Marathon moved their starting and finish lines right in front of the museum….so I knew HOW to get there, it was just finding the time TO get there with the Boy.
We have now taken Nicholas to the museum twice, once with just Daddy and once with both Mommy and Daddy. There are so many different activities to choose from, such as many, many hands on exhibits and several rooms where kids and adults can create and build things. Nicholas is not quite ready to sit and make things, he likes to keep moving and visit his favorite areas several times during our visit. Right now they have a special temporary exhibit called, “Grossology.” You can make your own burps and farts, hear and see why snot is so important, walk inside a giant nose and much, more!
And now for the pictures….
Daddy likes surprising the boy from time to time. As Mommy is helping him
get his shoes on, he is asking me, "where are we going?"
As we crossed the street from the parking garage, we found ourselves in front of a T-Rex!
One of his favorite exhibits, Dino Dig, lets little archeologists search for dinosaur bones.
If you find one, you get to take it home!
We came back twice during our first visit. The second visit, it was closed due to rain...
If the archeology thing doesn't work out, he could become a dentist for giant alligators.
They had several insects on display. Here he is looking a small tarantula.
....and here is sitting inside a dinosaur foot print.
He has finally found someone with bigger feet than Daddy.
Time for lunch! I had an excellent Taco Salad and the boy had 1/3 of a giant slice of cheese pizza and two chocolate milks. We bought a cookie for dessert, but when
I asked him if he wanted to eat the cookie now or go back to the museum, he said,
"I don't want the cookie, I want us to go back now."
After we had lunch, he was able to become lunch for someone else! He has just walked across a giant tongue and is climbing into a mouth. As he began his ascent,
a museum worker was assigning different types of foods to children.
"You're a hot dog, you're an apple," etc. etc. Nicholas was deemed a carrot!
Waiting in line to enter the esophagus slide!
The slide spits the kids out into the stomach.
Once in the stomach, they must crawl to the other side and
enter the large intestine to continue their journey.
Naturally half way through the large intestine there is a window for a special photo opportunity.
They journey is now complete! He went from being a carrot to being poo!
One of the many descriptive signs in the Grossology section.
Have YOU ever walked around a giant nose?? Well the Boy has....
Nicholas was asking me how she got up there and what was she saying??
My answer to both was, "I don't know."
Finding out how much soda it takes to create a colossal burp.
We affectionately call this dude, Mr. Faucet-Head. He is an expert on snot.
He is continually spouting off about how snot is made,
why it is made and why it should be appreciated.
Mr. Faucet-Head was having some allergy trouble, as you can see by his drippy nose. Every time his snot would appear, all the kids would shout, "Ewwww!"
A museum in Fort Worth must have some Long Horns....
Place the beach ball over the air blower and as soon as it begins to hang in the air,
lose interest and move on to something else!
Here we are at the outdoor water exhibits. Kids are encouraged to play
with water, which of course he loved.
We stayed out here for a long time...
A water gun shooting gallery...
I was trying to get him to hit the cowbell in honor of being in Cowtown!
He LOVED this ambulance!! He was actually waiting his turn to get to drive....
Making sure the light is working!
Sitting in the back, on the way to the hospital...
Once arriving at the hospital, Dr. Nicholas discovers some babies that need blankets...
...he springs into action!
...and makes sure that the remaining babies are safe and snug....
Back out on the road to find some more people who need help...
"Hey guys, are you sick? Hop in if you need to go to the hospital....I'm driving!"
And now for a trip to the grocery store to pick up a few things...
Things like a bagel and a brussel sprout.
Hey, that's MY bagel....
Fruits and vegetables galore!
Waiting patiently to take his turn at the check out stand.
On our way back to the car.....we encountered some dinosaurs again...
Shaking hands with a T-Rex.
Someone did NOT want to go home and was trying the old, "hide behind the dinosaur leg" trick.
We shall return!
