We have managed to find some fun free things to do here in this little town. I haven't taken pictures of some things but I thought I would share the ones I have taken! Some fun things we have done are Going to the Library, 2 parades, bike rides, lot of different parks, play areas at the restaurants, friends houses, the Sternberg Museum, and a bunch of other things I am sure that I can't think of!
The Library here is Awesome! They do story time everyday and just the kids area itself is so fun! They have tons of fun areas for the kids to play. Their favorites are the little couch to sit and look through books, blocks, and the castle with a big giant stuffed dog and cheetah, and the Movie section for them to rent! They also do some fun activities there through out the months so we decided to join in on the Pete the Cat fun. They had author Eric Litwin of the children's books Pete the Cat come do a fun presentation for the kids. They had a blast listening to him sing his stories to them. Thanks to a friend giving us her tickets when she left we won a signed book. The kids love it! They read it every day or I guess I should say they sing it! They had it memorized just from hearing it the first time from the author. It's super cute to hear them!
This is cheap fun entertainment! There are rabbits all over the place here. The kids like to chase them. They hope to one day catch one and keep it for a pet. They have had picnics on our back deck and they will throw their carrots out to see if they can get it to come closer. I think Collin mostly does it so he doesn't have to eat his carrots but Josh on the other hand that is a big sacrifice to give up one of his yummy carrots ha ha!
The Sternberg Museum is just down the street from us. We have wanted to check it out sense we moved in but hadn't found the right time go but they did a free day so we took advantage! It is Awesome! Collin was super excited to meet a real paleontologist! He hopes to be that when he grows up! He loved everything about the museum! It has three floors so there is lots to see! Josh was a little nervous about it all. The lighting is a little darker and it had some sounds playing in the background that he thought were a little to scary.
The dinosaur area was awesome! Josh hated it though. We walked past and stopped to look at the life size T-Rex. Josh was on Scott's shoulders and the unexpected happened. It started moving its head and jaws with load sounds. Josh scram like a little girl and Collin ran and grabbed onto me for his life. It startled me also! You can see in the pic of me with the kids that they were very nervous. Josh wasn't about to take his eyes off of it and Collin had a pretty tight grip on my arm. We couldn't help but laugh a little. Collin warmed up to the idea and went to stand by it for a pic by himself but it didn't turn out because of the lighting. He was very disappointed though when he found out that it wasn't real. He knew it wasn't alive but he still thought it was real. Not a robot. We had to explain that only the bones are found not the entire dinosaur.
This was josh right after he scram
Collin wanted a picture by them all. This one was munching on a leaf
Paleontologists at work! They loved finding the bones!
Scott even got in on the action.
They have a kids area for them to explore. They loved climbing on the whale skull and giant spider
We are thinking about getting a year family pass because we all had a lot of fun. We were there for 2 hours and the kids didn't get to do half of what they wanted. They could have been digging for bones for at least an hour and the kids area for 2 hours by itself. Anyway we are finding lots to do in this fun little town of Hays Kansas!
