In March we drove to Utah celebrate Scout's 2nd birthday, visit friends, go to a few children's museums, and have a weekend away from the daily grind. One of our friends had two sick kiddos with pink eye and double ear infections so we weren't able to see them, and then I had to cancel seeing my best friend, who were going to see on Sunday before we left, because I got food poisoning! Saturday night about an hour after Matt and I had takeout Thai food I got super sick! And was sick all that night and the whole ride home on Sunday. That wasn't the best way to end our vacay, but everything leading up to that was fun.
We visited a children's museum in SLC and then the Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. On a whim we decided to check out the Museum of Natural Curiousity, which is also at Thanksgiving Point. It was amazing! Matt and I enjoyed it just as much (maybe even more) than the kids!
Driving to the Dinosaur Museum.
Scout sleeping on the way to Utah.
Scout loves dinosaurs even more after visiting there. I'm sure her big brother, who wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up, has influenced her dinosaur infatuation!
Playing with the Dino toys in the sand.
Checking out Sawyer's excavating tools.
Climbing the three story jungle gym of rope bridges and ladders that was in the Museum of Natural Curiousity. It was tricky to do with a two year old who you weren't allowed to hold while on the ropes. She had to climb everything by herself, but she did great! Sawyer on the other hand, realized just how high up we were and decided at that very moment that he is afraid of heights. He froze and wouldn't budge from a spot on one of the wobbly rope bridges. He refused to turn around and he was too scared to move forward. Finally once he saw a little four year old girl zoom past him on the bridge he decided he could do it too :)
This is a forced smiled right before he decided he wasn't having fun.
A tornado wind tunnel.
I thought it was great. Scout not so much.
Sawyers floating head.
Scout's screaming head.
A pretend bank.
Right when we were about to leave we noticed they had a whole outdoor area to explore with tunnels, caves and gardens to play in.
We hit up IKEA next because when in Utah you go to IKEA. I stayed in the car with Scout since she had passed out after the museum.
That night we went swimming at the hotel. The funny thing was that Matt booked a hotel in SLC for us and when we arrived I realized it was the same hotel I used to work at when I was 20 right before I met him! It was pretty ironic! I worked at a restaurant at the bottom of the hotel, as well as the Olive Garden right across from it. It was strange to be staying there almost twelve years later, married and with two kids, but also a million times happier now than I was back then. I was so depressed and in such a dark place at that time in my life. If I could have told myself back then how happy I would be in the future I don't think my former self would have believed it. But honestly, with a cute two year old running around in a bathing suit that barely could contain her cheeks, how could I not be happy?! 😜
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