We'd never been to this museum so we were all a bit overwhelmed with how large it was and figured out quickly there was no way we were going see it all in one day (in any meaningful way that is). We were in information overload mode until we took a snack break to look at the museum's map and make a plan.
The girls and their cousins are fans of "Night at the Museum" (and are eagerly anticipating the sequel featuring the Smithsonian that will be released May 22) and definitely wanted to check out some of the highlighted areas from the movie. So our plan included several of the mammal areas, the ocean life hall and with reluctant agreement from the girls to accommodate Fino's request, the Mexico and Central America area.
My girls took over my camera to take photos of the exhibits along with their cousin E. who had brought her own camera. They snapped photos of the exhibits that interested them (almost everything) but after nearly 3 hours the girls started showing signs of weariness, which was about the time we made it the Mexico and Central American area.
I was keeping half an eye on where the girls were in the room while looking at exhibits when I noticed the girls gathered around E.'s camera. All four of them were huddled together looking at the LCD screen and giggling as only tween girls can do.
When I walked up to them to find out what was going on, L. and her cousin S. (who share a similar spirit of spunky-ness) explained to me that E. was taking pictures of the naked statues (mostly male). L. and S. thought the statues were kind of "gross" and "weird" and then L. offered the quote of the day when I asked if they could move on to something else. With a glint in her eye and a big grin on her face, L. offered a parting remark as she made her way to another exhibit.
"OK Mom. We'll just say no to crack."
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