Virginia Living Museum

You'll have to excuse the weird picture.  This is the best I could get of them both looking at the camera.

One of the attractions that we have already been to a few times out here is the Virginia Living Museum.  We have a family year pass and have already made our money back.  Best idea ever.  It's like a mini aquarium/zoo, and is big enough to keep us occupied for a while, but small enough to be manageable on a whim.

Captivated by the fish.

Noah loving the microscope and playing with grandma, who came with us the first time we went.

This giant turtle shell is definitely one of the highlights every time we go.  Instead of looking at animals, they want to do something more interactive.  Be an animal, pet the animals (there is a decent touch pool), or, Kennedy's favorite, play virtual frog dissection.

When they tried on these hats in the gift store, grandma couldn't help but buy them.  They are now worn around our house quite a bit.

Of course, we had to go back with dad once the new dinosaur exhibit opened.  And let him cause some trouble.

You can't see his face, but Noah was not very happy to be in the dinosaur's mouth.

The dinosaur exhibit was smaller than I was expecting, but they are all robotic, and they have a cool portion of underwater dinosaurs.  There was, unfortunately, a painful musical puppet show that we were forced to sit through.  The kids had a blast.  I was thankful that it was only 20 minutes long.

And of course, dad had to be a kid too.