Creation Museum

Our second reunion trip was made to the Creation Museum in Cincinnati. It was a very interesting museum - lots of dinosaurs (didn't really expect that!), a beautiful planetarium show, beautifully landscaped gardens and a petting zoo. While the museum was very interesting, I think that we would have gotten much more out of it if we would not have gone with the little ones. There was plenty to look at, and it was very crowded and only a few areas held their attention for very long. They were much happier to be outside at the petting zoo, the bouncer and walking along the gardens. But most importantly, we were there to visit a family that we had traveled with when adopting Faith: Brian, Angela, Ariel and Kayli ! We also enjoyed seeing Becky, Darrin and Kaylei again. It is so heartwarming to see the girls together. Kayli was very social and was more willing to have pictures taken than Faith usually does. Molly loved talking with Ariel (I think she is tired of not seeing many kids her age!). We had a great time!

Faith was pretty active that day, wanting to run, run, run. She just didn't like the slowness of the crowds in the museum. She enjoyed the Noah's ark room and we talked about the story of Noah, saw where the animals stayed on the ark and looked at how the world flooded. But she really enjoyed the petting zoo! Faith has been warming up to animals, and once she found out that she could feed them, well, that was all it took for her to walk up to every animal and pet them. She was too funny - she only wanted to give them a few pieces of the feed at a time. I was so worried they would bite her fingers off trying to find the food. We tried to have Molly feed a few, but she was so scared. Even with Mom's help she would not approach any of the animals to feed them. (At home she is even afraid of dogs, cats, etc). Molly was fascinated inside the museum by the animated statues. At one point, she was passing the display with Methuselah, when "he" began talking - asking questions of the onlookers such as, "Do you know how old I am?" and "Do you think I am older that 100?" Well, Molly thought he was real, and started answering back. After a few questions, he started his speech about his life, and Molly turned to me and said, very puzzled, "He's not real!" Sometimes, she is still so very naive, seeming so much younger than her age. But I guess it would be nice for all of us to remain that way a little longer!