Day 3 on Vacation...

Our third day in Nashville found us at the Frist Center,  This is a wonderful art museum that has a great hands-on section for kids.  We enjoyed the George Eastman exhibit and the Rodin exhibit.  The kids were especially interested in the silent movies in the George Eastman exhibit.  We then went to the hands-on area.  The kids tried out printmaking, collage, painting, sculpting, and lots of other great activities.  We spent just over 3 hours in this musuem.  I highly recommend it to anyone who has an artistic child.








After a nice lunch at Jack's BBQ, we went to the Stingray reef at the Opryland Mall.   What a cool mall.  I have gotten used to such a tiny mall here at home.  It was fun to go to such a big one.  Everyone but Goldilocks really enjoyed the Stingray Bay.  We fed them shrimp and pet them as they swam by.  Goldilocks had a mild meltdown.  Even being in the place was too much for her.  I love the photo of the shark with my dh, children and Mother.




The next day we went to the Opryland Resort.  They have an amazing 10 acres of indoor gardens with restaurants and shops.  We had pizza for lunch at one of the outdoor/indoor cafes and walked around the gardens.  All of the pictures below are actually inside because they have a greenhouse roof overhead.  It is amazing!

We spent the afternoon at the Adventure Science Musuem in Nashville.  The kids loved seeing the planetarium show.  It was the first time the three little ones got to see a planetarium.  I was really being grilled afterwards about the galaxy and universe.  We all found that I really didn't know much.  Don't worry!  I bought two great books already!   They also loved the bodywork area and lifting a car with pulley and lever system.  The big teen got to do some moon walking, which was fun.







On our final morning, we went to the Parthenon in Nashville.  It is a life-size replica of the original one in Greece.  It was built for the world's fair.  Unfortunately, my pictures did not come out very well.  I did get some great things from their gift shop for when we study ancient Greece.


We had a wonderful time, but it is nice to be home and settled into our normal routine again.


Blessings, Dawn