We began our last day in Tally town well rested & with a Lady Brandt choice lunch of McDonalds.
When we'd had our caloric intake for 5 days, we headed off to the
Tallahassee Museum. I hadn't been in years and was worried it would be a let down. I was definitely wrong. We arrived right as they were opening for the day, and were kicked out a closing. Such a cool place & HUGE!
One of the first things we did, was walk thru an old farm town they have set up. During the week, they have workers who act out different roles on the farm. On Sunday morning however, it's just you and the farm animals. Not to be deterred, I
forced suggested the Lady Brandts take turns reading about the different exhibits which they
complained relentlessly about, l
oathed doing, agreed was a great way to learn about this interesting historical period.
Next we headed to one of the many classrooms on the museum grounds. The classrooms had various animals, mostly reptiles and or small things in various cages. They also had really kid friendly microscopes and slides for kids to try out. We took advantage of exploring both.
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| The snake followed Annabelle everywhere. She didn't understand why I did not feel this was a good thing. |
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| Scientist Heaven |
After we'd learned all we could in the classrooms, we set off to explore the wildlife sanctuary and wetlands area.
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| Sisters |
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| Lady Brandt Sammich |
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| Coolest thing ever. This Panther was being so cute. He was throwing his pickle (random) toy around like a house cat and playing with it. We watched him for at least 20 minutes. I'll admit, it was a little weird how much we all loved it. |
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| Gators belong in cages. All of them. |
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| I wanted to steal him. So cute. |
Annabelle got not 1, but 3 separate nose bleeds while we were in this section. As it's a sanctuary there are no bathrooms anywhere close and had to turn back each time for tissues. In retrospect, we should have just brought tissues with us the first time.
After nosebleed 3 we decided we'd seen enough animals anyway (the only ones left were the "boring" ones per the girls) & moved along to the next section which featured a few more "town" exhibits and an upscale period home.
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| Bossy Pants of course quickly claimed the role of teacher |
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| The girl exploring the train (filled with CREEPY mannequins might I add) |
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| This is my absolute favorite photo from the whole weekend. Annabelle at the Pulpit. |
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| Piano master |
When we'd seen all the history we could handle we headed to our final museum stop. Fossil digging. the girls were given a quick lesson & equipment and off they went. I have no idea where the limestone the museums uses comes from, but it was absolutely FULL of fossils. Very, Very cool. The girls could have easily stayed in this section for another hour, but it was closing time and we had to go. I forced the girls to limit the number of fossils returning with us to a minimum as they seriously had collected like a huge bucket full. They were
dramatically disappointed understanding and picked their favorites to show off in class on Monday.
We made one final stop at TCBY for a treat before heading on home. The Lady Brandts had a great weekend without any of those stinky Brandt Boys bothering us! Next weekend we head to Atlanta to see Taylor Swift and have another great Lady Brandt adventure!
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