An Adventure

The original plans we had for today fell through, but that didn't stop us from having a new adventure.

In January, I read of an exhibit that was coming to a 'local' museum (local being still 40 miles away). It was a Disney exhibit called "The Music Behind the Magic". The exhibit was to tell the story of how Disney uses music to "engage audiences, drive its timeless narratives and succeed in cartoons, television, theme parks, live action films, on Broadway, and the Billboard charts."Sounded interesting to me, so we got ourselves ready, packed a lunch, and were on our way. The Disney exhibit itself was a small one, but very interesting to say the least. Hannah and Rachel both enjoyed the little room where you made your own sound effects for a cartoon with a little slamming door, barrel of rice or beans when turned it sounded like rain, etc, etc. That was fun!.There were costumes on display from the Broadway play, The Lion King, and a dress from Beauty and the Beast, as well jackets that Burt wore in Mary Poppins . There were a lot of listening stations where you listened to music and how far it's come over the years, as well as some cartoons. The admission also got us into the regular exhibit of the museum. The museum, while very small in exhibits, was still very interesting to say the least. We learned that all of the fossils and artifacts that they had on display were found in the neighboring Diamond Valley Lake (aqueduct) while it was being dug out over the last several years. We learned that in this very area, sloths and mastodons roamed. The museum offered a lot of hands on activities for kids. One of them was to make your own fossil, which the girls both loved doing. The other one they enjoyed was using paper at each of the exhibits to trace over the animal they were talking about. All the stations were very cool and Hannah most definitely enjoyed it. After our adventures at the museum, we attempted to have our lunch at the nearby lake, but it really wasn't all that inviting for people just out to have a picnic, it's basically a watercraft lake and you had to pay to park. So we went back down to the museum parking lot, backed the car in to look at the pretty surroundings and picnicked out the back of the van.Today's adventure was a fun and a new one. And despite the whining and protests before, both the girls, especially Hannah enjoyed our trip to the museum. She really loves the whole study of archeology and paleontology. She did say she enjoyed The LaBrea Tar Pits better, there was more to see there. LOL.