What a big adventure we had this Queen's Birthday weekend. First we got on the bus (collapsing and stowing the stroller in the luggage compartment), and went to Parnell Road. We started at the west end and walked all the way to the east end, a whole kilometer of window shopping in the boutiques and cafes and peeping into the historic homes (note: clicking that link will download a PDF). And get this: Arram walked the whole way.
And then we arrived at the Museum. Got ourselves checked in and the official Entry Stickers placed on our shirts. Took care of the essentials (potty, snacks and drinks), and then headed upstairs although the elevator situation was a comedy of errors amusing only in retrospect. To the ...drumroll... Dinosaur Room! Wow.
I have a new phone that I used to take these photos. I obviously don't have all the settings figured out yet since I couldn't manage to take a single decent photo of our wiggly little boys, but hopefully these will give the impression of the happy and duly impressed little guys next to the articulated skeletons and fossilised displays. Inspired, Arram played Dinosaur all night complete with sound effects and Dino Claws (tm).
New Zealand being a bird-based ecosystem, there were also bird exhibits.
And then OH MY BARF I saw like eight kinds of wetas.
And then we spent like fifty bucks (!) at the cafe on one adult and two kids' fish and chips (it's OK, the museum entry was free so it all worked out), and the bus back to home picked us up right in front of the building so no more long walking. Later, after naps and because they'd been good, Daddy surprised the brothers with cute little knitted frog and tuatara finger puppets that he'd sneakily bought in the gift shop.
And then we arrived at the Museum. Got ourselves checked in and the official Entry Stickers placed on our shirts. Took care of the essentials (potty, snacks and drinks), and then headed upstairs although the elevator situation was a comedy of errors amusing only in retrospect. To the ...drumroll... Dinosaur Room! Wow.
I have a new phone that I used to take these photos. I obviously don't have all the settings figured out yet since I couldn't manage to take a single decent photo of our wiggly little boys, but hopefully these will give the impression of the happy and duly impressed little guys next to the articulated skeletons and fossilised displays. Inspired, Arram played Dinosaur all night complete with sound effects and Dino Claws (tm).
New Zealand being a bird-based ecosystem, there were also bird exhibits.
And then OH MY BARF I saw like eight kinds of wetas.
And then we spent like fifty bucks (!) at the cafe on one adult and two kids' fish and chips (it's OK, the museum entry was free so it all worked out), and the bus back to home picked us up right in front of the building so no more long walking. Later, after naps and because they'd been good, Daddy surprised the brothers with cute little knitted frog and tuatara finger puppets that he'd sneakily bought in the gift shop.
2 comments:
What an exciting day you had.
How can you beat dinosaurs?
Me want to see finger puppets and froggies!
Saima
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