Brinda's Head West!: Thanksgiving Point

Last weekend Gavin had Fall Break, so we took advantage of the days off to go explore Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. There is a Museum of Natural Curiosity, Museum of Ancient Life, a Farm, and a Butterfly Biosphere. We spent the whole day exploring all four places! First stop was the Museum of Natural Curiosity.

Part of the climbing course near the entrance.

Avery on stage as a spider.

More of the climbing course.

Having fun with a green screen.

Trapped in the bank vault.

Avery playing a laser harp where you could change the sound by the click of a button. She preferred the sound on the video.

And here are the musicians controlling the percussion section.

From the music area, we headed outside to feed the Koi fish in the pond. The kids loved it!

The fish enjoyed it as well!!

Then we headed to the water section where they had rain clouds hanging from the ceiling and tubes that fed balls into the clouds where they rained down.

The kids also got to play with different containers to redirect water in various tables and wall displays.

Next up we went to the Museum of Ancient Life to explore dinosaurs.

Playing with sand and water.

Digging for fossils.

Next up is the Farm!

They enjoyed the pony ride and playing with the stuffed animals and play tractor but otherwise the Farm was a bit of a disappointment. They really didn't get to pet any of the animals except for one of the goats.

So our last stop was the Butterfly Biosphere which also had a nice indoor playground and lots of other insects to check out. I think the kids really enjoyed being able to hold a butterfly!! They both got to hold a couple different butterflies and were so excited about it!