Alex and I went to the Arizona Science Center. http://www.azscience.org/ Some people made it sound like the greatest thing in the world and it was- for older kids. Alex had a blast though, but I was a bit disappointed because of expectations set. The dinosaur section cost extra and it was only a little bit bigger than the exhibit at the Natural History museum, (which is much cheaper).
After we left there we walked to the Phoenix Police Museum. www.phoenixpolicemuseum.com/ I loved it! It was small, but great. I got some brochures to give to the ladies from the local church and to give to our hotel to pass out. Alex got to wear a real police shirt and had a lot of fun in a police car and on a police motorcycle. I got a little teary eyed seeing the pictures of policemen fallen in the line of duty. When the tour guide pointed out the fallen police dogs Alex said, “Dogs don’t die.” She said that always got to the kids. The lady there was so sweet. It is a free museum so I didn’t expect them to give us anything, but she gave us candy, a police badge, and a coloring book. As we were walking out she also gave us each a little teddy bear.
We also walked to Wells Fargo Museum. http://www.wellsfargohistory.com/museums/ It too was free and small. We only stayed a few minutes because 2 classes were there on a field trip. Alex loved the stagecoach that kids could climb in and the toy stagecoach. I would have liked to stay a little bit longer and enjoy it, but it was just too crowded.
We picked up Frank and went to Jeepers http://www.jeepers.com/ an indoor amusement park much like Chuck E. Cheese. We didn’t eat there we just let Alex play in the play area, play some games, and ride 2 rides. I rode the roller coaster with him. It was Alex’s first time to ever be at anything like this and he loved it. He kept calling it a museum. Alex got a party horn with the tickets he won, but only because the guy gave it to him, he didn’t have enough.
Thurs. Feb. 14th
Happy Valentines Day! Today we went with ladies from the local church to a community college’s “art museum.” It was False Advertising because it was really their library. The art was on the walls and in shelves throughout the library. We were disappointed; it was hard to enjoy it while trying to keep Alex quiet because everyone there was studying. You should’ve seen the looks on the students’ faces as four women in long dresses with three kids walked by. That was FUNNY! Then we went to a park and the kids chased chickens and pigeons and played with an exercise ball.
We had a very good service. The title was Patching Holes- people try to fill their lives with everything, but Jesus.
Frank, Alex, and I got each other a Valentines Day gift from the dollar store. Frank and I got candy and Alex got toy tanks.
Fri. Feb. 15th
Alex and I went to the Scottsdale Historical Museum. http://www.scottsdalemuseum.com/index2.html It was tiny! We looked at everything in only a few minutes. Alex enjoyed ringing the bell. Scottsdale is a tourist area so we went into several of the shops. Then we took a free trolley ride. Alex kept calling it the trolley museum, (everything’s a museum to him now).
After we dropped off Frank’s lunch we went to the Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park. www.pueblogrande.org/ We played in the kids’ area for a while then I tried to look at the other exhibits, but Alex was hyper. It was sprinkling so I took an umbrella and pulled Alex’s hood up and went out to the trail. We bought corn to grind on the grinding stones. Pigeons were waiting and flew down while we were still grinding. Alex loves to chase pigeons. I let Alex run ahead of me on the trail. As I said he had lots of energy. We went into some huts and I had to remind Alex not to break stuff. Then we went back to the kids’ area for a while. I bought Alex a few things from the store also.
We stopped for food to go and picked up Frank. It had been a good trip, but we were ready to go home.
Marie-Anne
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