the view from here: Down the 'Pike' with Kady Grace

Kind of late sharing about this but we had such a great day with Kady Grace on May 29....headed out after breakfast with our sights set on the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History in Norman. We'd been planning this for some time, but Kady's Aunt Lara, knowing that we were going, sent us the news that the Museum is offering free admission through June as a blessing to all residents/visitors because of the tragedy and devastation the people of central Oklahoma experienced on May 19-20. We'd encourage anyone who can to visit this great hands-on, kid-friendly museum! Kady will certainly give it a rousing testimonial!

Made a 'snack stop' along the turnpike......kady chose some fruit-flavored stringy-things and we picked some trail mix (our favorite's a mixture of cranberries, raisins, sunflower seeds, cashews, peanuts, walnuts). Kady had one taste of her 'stringed' treat, decided it was too sweet (yea for her discerning palate!) and then opted to share some of our trail mix, of which she couldn't seem to get enough!!

had to stop out front of the museum to see how we 'measured up next to a 'wee bit larger than life' great American bison. He obligingly stood very still for the photo op;)

Lots of specimen drawers to go through and talk about......

....and so many 'flaps' to lift and read underneath.......

a dug-out canoe

...........and the handprint wall in the Hall of the People of Oklahoma. Unfortunately, we didn't discover, until after we'd been there that there's a scavenger hunt (pdf online document) for kids for this portion of the museum. Check it out!