Between our Jackson trip and coast trip, we decided to stop at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science dinosaur exhibit because of my son's obsession with dinosaurs, particularly the T. Rex. He constantly plays with his dinosaurs, pretends to be a T Rex, wants (us) to draw dinosaurs, picks out books and movies about dinosaurs, and loves to watch Dino Dan and Dinosaur Train. I knew he would love it. It was a fairly small exhibit (not life sized like the ones at the zoo) but perfect for us. Also, it was air conditioned :) They also have neat permanent exhibits of animals that are native to Mississippi. So, he got to see fish, alligators, snakes, turtles, frogs, and birds. And he loves them almost as much as he loves dinosaurs. He had a great time. And, I always love watching his face light up when he sees something he loves. Plus, it was educational...so Leon liked it too.
Waving at his favorite....
The T Rex
In additions to the animatronics, they also had several fossils from "real" dinosaurs. They weren't quite as cool to the 2 year old. They were cool to us though. It was truly amazing.
They also had little game type things for the kiddos..puzzles, buttons for different dinosaur sounds, a dino dig, a robot type dinosaur, etc. It wasn't anything elaborate but it was great for him.
Even 2 weeks later, he still talks about going to see the dinosaurs and fishies!
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