Last week was really rainy (how wonderful to see the rain, to feel the dust settle on the ground, to smell the lovely fresh air... everything was reborn and we were the onlookers)




















and so we met in Madatech (the science museum).
It was a lot of fun - one time we played with sound and made kazoos (a musical instrument that can be easily made here),















listening to the rulers make sounds















music boxes are a lot of fun

the other time we made a cloud in jar and then let it out and watched it fly away from us. Read stories about the weather and the rain and wondered why there is thunder.
Michelle enjoys the museum a lot and it was hard leaving (every time we came she would not want to leave).

When the weather cleared we enjoyed a walk in the zoo.




















Kids were fascinated to know how different animals and insects dress up to look scary or poisonous (like this insect is dressed up like a bee)















found a big lizard enjoying the last days of hot sun




















Watched a snail go over a sharp cactus and not get hurt (remembered the nail bed in the museum and how we could lie on it)




















and, of course, we just couldn't resist touching the snail and watching it's tentacles go in and stretch back out.

It is great to be able to do different things every day. To get out when the sun is shinning but it is not hot and to be inside when it is raining. We have been waiting for this rain for a long time and we were excited to see so much water pour on us.