Let's Hear For Teacher Workdays!

I can go ahead and say that the best part of this week is probably going to be the Teacher Workday. 

We love days off from school! And, what makes it even better is when Eric takes off from work as well.

We had a somewhat lazy morning and then went to Disc*very Place (a Science Museum about an hour from where we live). 

Eric went as a child, but I don't think I've ever been.  This was the girls' first trip too.

We stayed all day.

They have a fascinating Mummy exhibit that I thought would freak us out a little, but it was honestly very interesting.  We learned a lot! (I thought a lot about how timely it was considering I've been studying about grave clothes in John 11 - more on that tomorrow).

We weren't suppose to take pictures inside the Mummy exhibit.  However, when I saw this particular case that included a piece of paper that looked like hieroglyphics written on it, I was dumb-struck over what it actually was and secretly snapped a picture of the description.

Take a look for yourself ...

Can you imagine? Saving up for a long time so the instructions on how to get to the afterlife are placed in the coffin with you? How sad is that?

Anyway, Olivia was kind of over the whole Mummy thing after only a few minutes.  I finally agreed to take her out to play.

I think her favorite exhibit was this one.

You gather as much shredded paper as you can and send it up the chute.  It comes back out of the top and falls down again. 

She LOVED it.  And was laughing so loud it was contagious.

Emma loved all of it.  She loves Science, so she absorbs it all.

This next picture makes me laugh.  I think this woman was really wanting a turn on the chair :)

 My favorite part ..... the benches :)

Emma loved this whole assembly line exhibit.  She spent a LONG time there and even went back later.  She was fascinated at how each part was all ran by hand, like a production line.  She would study how one part would effect the next, wondering how time affected each section.  Which was a great way to explain what her Daddy does for a living (since we can never come up with a good way to explain it :) 

The bed of nails ...

After dinner and a full day of fun, we reluctantly headed home to get ready for the school week.

There's not much better than spending the day with my family.  We love days like this! In the midst of an insanely busy month, we are grateful for days like today.