Day Trips

So the first part of our Summer was spent with the Van De Graaffs until July 4th.  After that we had Jen and Darin visit.  Then we had two weeks of Soccer camp and Carter went to EFY.  Next we had a week where nothing was scheduled.  Although some of us wanted to sleep in every day and stay in jammies the entire day (the mom of this clan), we needed to have some day trips exploring the area.  So I relinquished a few of my days for the one down week this summer and we went to the Dinosaur Museum and to a nearby Lake with friends.  Both were really fun! 
DAS PRAEHISTORIUM DINOSAURIER MUSEUM IN NEUNKIRCHEN:

It was a really interesting museum.  Its always fun to contrast and compare what different countries do.  This one seem to want to make the “hunting other dinosaurs” point very clear.  Lots of models and displays with reenacted hunting each other scenes with torn flesh and blood and goar.  Not really over the top, but just more than we would probably do in America. 
 
After seeing several hunting scenes the kids started hunting each other!  Cole attacking Hanna reenacting the fossils above! 
 
Now this is super interesting if you are into having your head really close to giant snakes, which I am not, (but apparently ALL of my boys are), but at least separated by a plastic dome.  You have to look high up to see the snake is sleeping in the rocks:
 

And of course we visited the play/ climbing area where the kids climbed and climbed and tunneled every square inch.  Jake sure loves his Birthday BYU hat.  I think he wore it every day after June 17th the entire summer!!
 
The museum was located right near this industrial park that is old and falling apart, but that they are trying to fix up I guess?  I wanted to take pictures at it for photography purposes, but they had it all fenced off.  Carter enjoyed exploring it with my while everyone else watched a movie in the car.