Academy of Natural Sciences with Snow

Zoe's daycare was closed today, so I took the day off to keep an eye on her. I decided we would go down to the Academy of Natural Sciences, not realizing that it was eventually going to start snowing. One of the first things she wanted to do was go see the butterflies.

We eventually circled back for a second look at the beautiful butterflies, but not before she went to do a little digging. With her digging tool and goggles, she went looking for dinosaur bones. She didn't find much, but she looked adorable doing it.

After the digging we took a look at a live animal show. There we saw a hawk and learned about where they live and what they eat. That's when we decided to go get some lunch. she made a bit of a goofy face, just like her father would.

Once we had eaten, we made our way upstairs to the dinosaur treadmill. This is push powered treadmill that moves a mechanical dinosaur. Zoe wanted to do this over and over again; however, she wasn't strong, or heavy, enough to get the thing moving. This meant that I had to do quick little running steps behind her on the treadmill. After that it started snowing. We watched the snow fall for a bit before we decided to head home.

Once we got home she suited up for the snow and I pulled her around the block a couple of times. She really enjoys her new tube and wanted to pull it around herself.

It was a very long day. In the end, sleep came for her brought a gorgeous end to the day.

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