Pacific Science Center ~ Dinosaurs

No April Fools here today ...... we'll continue with our regularly scheduled program... Our Dinosaur adventure started pretty much right after we left the Harry Potter Exhibit ...  Nathan saw these and was saying "Dinosaur!" LOL

 Then we got into the Dino exhibit and he was in H-E-A-V-E-N ......

 These Dinos were animated - the one leaning over the dino laying down, was eating it ... very very appetizing ...

 It's CERA!!!!!!!  We love Cera ... and Ducky of course.... 

 Heehee....  He says "I'm going to eat you, I'm going to eat you all"

 This one is a little horny..... 

 Here is one of the skeletons for the animated dinos

 He still says he's going to eat everyone...

 Photo Opt!!  I told Nathan to stand in the foot print and he laid down....

 Then Noah wanted his picture taken with the Duckbill Footprint and laid down like Nathan had...

 So then Kaedyn had to also!!  I asked Calahan if he wanted to, and he passed...

Noah.... close and not getting eaten! LOL

Pacific Science Center ~ Harry Potter Exhibit

We went to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle in February to see the Harry Potter Exhibit ... I hadn't blogged about it, so I thought I would take the time to do it now.  So it's becoming a series of posts because it's a lot of photos. 

Anyway ....  it was birthday presents for Calahan, Noah, and Auntie Sarah ...  heehee....

So after taking the ferry over, and walking through Seattle to the Monorail to get to PSC ... (which is right under the Space Needle) ...  We were excited seeing all the Harry Potter posters and stuff...

 Lots of banners ...

 The babies had NO clue of course....... they just wanted to TOUCH... which you can't do in the exhibit ... but you can do in the museum ...

 We went in.... and it was AMAZING ....

 Of course you can't take pictures in there, much like the Titanic Exhibit we went to in 2001 .. which I looooooooooooooved.  Anyway .... When you get in there you are in the room with the Sorting Hat.  Because you have to be sorted, much like in the movie....  (well, only a few kids get the pleasure of being sorted!) ...  Noah was so excited, he really really wanted to be sorted and he was the 2nd out of 3 kids who got to.  He got up there, and I had to feed him answers.  LOL....  Where are you from?  Noah says, "Washington" lolol...  (Mom says: Bremerton) .. Noah says "Bremerton" LOL...  and he was a little comedy of errors going on in there but at last he was sorted and he was in "GRYFFINDOR!!"  Hurrah!!  He was so excited, you guys have no idea how cute it was.  I really wish I could have taped it.  And then Calahan was the 3rd kid to get sorted, and he was also in Gryffindor.   The first kid, just so you know not everyone is in Gryffindor, was in Huffelpuff.

There were little scenes set up and it was semi-interactive for the kids, which was nice.  They got to pull up Mandrake Roots and see the neat little bodies and hear the screaming - which did NOT petrify us - and throw Qudditch Balls through the goals...  We walked out with the book showing pictures of the exhibit so we could go back and look at the pictures.  Here are a couple pages showing a few of the things...

I was, personally, expecting a little more, and I wanted to take photos SO BADLY but I couldn't.... so that was a huge bummer for me... but ... I lived... it was neat to walk through, a once in a lifetime thing, and the older two boys loved it. 

Seattle Streets ...

It is an Irish Pub...... it has a Harry Potter-ish Name ..... of course I'm taking a picture!!

Down the city street

Just love the angles ....

Lovely structure ..

5th Avenue Theater ....

Banana Republic Building ...

Down the street...

Street Performer ...

Going on the Monorail!!

 Calahan and Nana on the Monorail

 Kaedyn (and Nathan)

 Noah

 The classic - HILARIOUS - reaction of Noah standing under the Space Needle looking up at how BIG it is....

More to come tomorrow :)

Going to Seattle ....

We went to Seattle recently to visit the Pacific Science Museum ... we wanted to see the Harry Potter Exhibit before it left the States....

Here are some pictures of our ferry ride over.....

Cal, Nana and Kaedyn...

 Noah eating oranges ...

 Seattle under some fog...

 There was a guy feeding the seagulls ... 

 and they were swarming .....

 Nathan eating Rice Krispies ........

 Mr Kaedyn

 Seattle...

 Seattle ...

 Birds! LOL

More to come from out trip...