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Spending the day in OKC with family!

My Mom, sister, and nephew all came down for a visit last week!

We decided keeping three boys as busy as possible was the safest option.

We made it through the whole week without any serious injuries so I would say our plan worked!

First stop was the Science Museum Oklahoma in OKC.

I went a few years back with the boys but they were a little young for most of the exhibits.

They were at a perfect age this time around!

All three boys were running from one exhibit to the next!

Glad we had three adults to keep track of them!

No matter what age my boys have always loved the waterworks areas in museums.

The boys loved the Science Live program they had!

I was a little sceptical at first but the girl doing it was wonderful!

She was great at interacting with the kids and being VERY animated.

I really wish this was how all kids learned science.

They were learning without even realizing it.

Since we were in OKC we stopped by the Sam Noble Natural History Museum.

They were having an event that day so admission was free!

Right now they have giant bugs on display.

Boys hate bugs of course…

My Mom decided to try for a picture of all three boys together, my son thought he should help his cousin pose.

He is nice like that.

My nephew getting eaten.

We did not stay in the upstairs very long.

The boys decided they were mighty hunters and should kill the bear they had on exhibit.

We were afraid their running around killing animals might offend someone.

If you are going to put a big stuffed bear on exhibit though you would have to expect little boys to think they should kill it, right?

Right?

We had a great time in OKC!

I am pretty sure the adults were the only ones to get tired though.

The part of the plan where I exhaust three little boys backfired a bit.

Field trip to Bartlesville, Ok

Since we were studying Oklahoma history and crude oil last month, I was really excited to find a petroleum museum close to us!

The Philips Petroleum Company Museum in Bartlesville, Ok.

It had mostly static exhibits but I figured it would be that way so I was prepared.

It was still interesting and free!

Any chance I have for the boys to SEE history I jump at!

The boys love a chance to explore something new.

I do not tie them down at all.

We skip around a lot in a musuem like this.

They had hula hoops!

They had a lot of products that come from a chemical found in petroleum.

Seeing this made the whole trip worth it 🙂

I was wearing a dress but I took pity and showed them how it worked.

Glad there were not big glass windows right behind me for people to look in.

Oh wait, there were…

They did have a barbers chair that they encouraged people to try out!

The boys took turns giving each other shaves and haircuts.

As soon as my oldest saw the touch screen he gave the place five stars.

They are touch screen crazy.

The best I could do at the time to get us all in a shot!

Right next door is the city museum!

It is small but was interesting.

The boys liked this manikin that talked.

They may have watched “The Night at the Museum” one too many times though.

They were a little concerned about him coming to life.

My youngest wanted to know if we were going to turn into one…

We visited the site of the Nellie Johnstone #1.

They have a replica sitting on the site.

It is HUGE!

I loved that the boys got to actually see the scale of these things.

They do re-enactment with water gushing out of it but I am not sure when.

There is a lot more to see while in Bartlesville also!

Be sure to look up what to do in a place so that you do not miss anything!

Ft. Gibson & Sequoyah State Park

This is the second time I have been to Fort Gibson in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.

It is such an interesting place!

I would advise going during one of their events.

They have a spring and fall encampment where re-enactments are going on the whole weekend.

We missed the fall encampment by a week…

I looked at the city website and it was wrong.

Oops.

A lot of the rooms are set up so you can see what they would have looked like.

The boys wanted to look in every single one.

There are several things to do in the area.

When we went in the spring we also went to the Azalea Festival at Muskogee.

This time we went to Sequoyah State Park & Lodge.

They have an amazing nature center!

When we got to the nature center it was closed for the day but there were a bunch of deer just hanging out!

Caden played with the coyote.

It was so funny, they were following each other!

I want to go back again when we can go inside the center.

We went a long time ago but I think the boys would like it even more now!

They do have some hiking trails also.

We only went on a short one because it was getting late in the day.

Check out these two awesome places in North East Oklahoma!