Michelle and Marina at the Museum

With Marina's cousin Michelle in town for the summer, we decided to spend some extra time with her. We had several options to consider for today, but with the temperatures expected around 95 degrees, we decided to spend the day inside. We went to the Museum of Nature and Science.

Marina's favorite part is the health exhibit, so we started there. The museum wasn't crowded today, so Marina and Michelle were able to try out all the activities without waiting. We tried out nearly everything before we caught the pirate microbial show. Marina was selected to go onstage as a volunteer. Later on, when the pirate asked for a grown up volunteer, she was more than happy to push me into the act. Fortunately, I narrowly avoided walking the plank.

We stopped for lunch. The table was very quiet showing how hungry we all were. We decided our next activity would be to find all the elves hiding in the museum. I brought my cheat sheet to help us along. We ran into several other elf hunters along the way. It was fun to help each other out.

Next up, we went into the space exhibit. Again we had missed the crowds, so there wasn't much of a wait for all the activities. The girls dropped meteors, searched for metal plates in the sand and played with refracted light. We attended a demonstration about liquid nitrogen. Marina was amazed when she saw a rubber ball shatter after being frozen by liquid nitrogen. 

On the way home, we stopped for frozen yogurt at our new favorite place. We're enjoying our summer with Michelle.