Colorado Adventure-- The Denver Museum of Science and Nature

We headed to the Denver Museum of Science and Nature on Tuesday of our trip. We were all a bit tired, but we pressed on.

We spent quite a bit of time in the space exhibit. The children got to practice docking the space shuttle, see how scientist think that water help to shape the planets, and explore a lot of other cool stuff. Eli's favorite part of the exhibit was the cool hand dryer. He kept playing in the wet sand just so he could go back and wash and dry his hands!

Mark took the four older children to an IMAX movie, and Eli, Wes and I explored the museum a bit. Eli and I eventually found a children's discover room to play in while everyone else explored. I was really impressed by the museum, and all it had to offer children.

Tiredness finally overtook Eli (or at least we will blame it on tiredness...) and he threw a fit for the record books. Mark finally had to carry him kicking and screaming out of the building (there was quite an impressive echo), while the rest of us tried to pretend that we did not know that wild toddler. A museum guard followed us to the car to make sure that Eli was OK. Mark told her Eli was OK, but he was not sure about the rest of us! Eli ended up taking a three hour nap and Wes and Rebecca took the rest of us out for yummy frozen yogurt. It was quite a day!