Junior Museum

Today, we went to the Junior Museum (aka Tallahassee Museum of Natural History. We really wanted Penny to see some ducks because she loves them so much. Sometimes we will pull up a picture of a duck on the computer, and she gets so excited and starts exclaiming, "duck! duck!" (which sounds more like "dutch! dutch!") and she'll stare so intently at the screen. The museum has a zoo of native species, and always one visiting "exotic" animal - an ocelot this time. All of the animals are unreleasable; they would not survive in the wild. Penny had a good time and very humorously categorized every animal as either "duck," "cat," or "dog." I don't think she recognized the alligator or the turtles as animals, so her classification scheme held. Sadly, we did not see any of the albino squirrels this trip. There are several populations in the area and one lives in and around the museum. Maybe next time.

The museum also has a model 1880s farm with reenactors. In one building a lady was canning tomatoes and we stayed to watch. P was very funny about not wanting to go inside. She sat down right in the doorway and would go no further until she felt comfortable and then came in. I am proud to say that I learned nothing from the canning exhibit that I didn't already know. It did however make me want to grow some more tomatoes.

I'm trying something new. Here is a link to a Snapfish album of our trip. These are just a few of the animals we saw and places we went.