International Wildlife Museum

My kids love the International Wildlife Museum.  We like to call it, "The Dead Animal Museum."

The entomology room has drawers and drawers filled with insects.

The nice thing about this museum is that they have a lot of animals the kids can touch.

ferocious.

My only complaint is that the lady at the front desk (it's always the same lady by the way) is always very annoyed if you don't bring your membership card.  She'll even ask you Where is it? and Why didn't you bring it? The reason I don't bring it is because she can look me up in the database, that way I don't have to have one more membership card in my wallet, but I just smile and pretend I am mute.  (Oh, also, don't eat anything from their cafe.  Pretty sure they dip everything in toilet water before serving it.)

Frog skeleton :(

Christmas Eve Mass

We visited the Mission San Xavier del Bac to attend mass on Christmas Eve.  We arrived a half hour early and were lucky enough to score a pew in the back!  We then remembered that we're not Catholic so decided to just walk the grounds and enjoy the beautiful art and architecture instead.  (Not sure what Sylvia is checking on.)

Is skipping disrespectful?

Next to the Mission is a hill with a path to walk around.

Wack-a-Moles!

Bisbee Mine Tour

We took a trip to Bisbee, Arizona just to see what it looked like!  It is a very small artsy town built on hills.  They have a fun main street full of cute shops.  I didn't get any great pictures of the city but found some here.

Bisbee used to be a mining town and we got to take a peek into the copper mine there.

It was great having our own flashlights.  The helmets on the other hand were ironically a safety hazard.  Sylvia's fell off while on our train ride and nearly derailed the train (I may be exaggerating a bit).  Then, when we were in a cave, Luke's helmet bonked onto Hazel's poor head when he looked up at the ceiling.

Go dig me up some copper, mine man.

Entrance to the Copper mine.

Also, one of the most haunted houses in the U.S. is the Oliver House in Bisbee, AZ, where a mass murder took place.  It is now a bed and breakfast and our good friends have stayed there.  They came back alive.  I really want to stay over at the Shady Dell where you get your own aluminum trailer to sleep in.