Kennecott

During the month of May, Kennecott Copper Mine had free admission to their visitor's center. We decided to take advantage of it since Little Man loves anything that digs in the dirt or that would be considered a "Big Truck!"

Little Man and the cool exhibits!

 On the last Saturday of the month, we headed up to see what could be seen. I didn't realize that you pay at a gate 4 miles down the road from the visitor's center. I though we were paying for parking, and we hadn't come prepared with any cash. Thankfully, the girl let us in when I told her we thought it was free! Turns out it was. {grin}

The trucks that missed Little Man.

We drove the winding road and pointed out all the "Big Trucks" to Little Man as we approached the visitor's center. We got there, parked the car, and exited into the strongest wind I think I have ever felt! Who knew the wind could be so strong! Because it wasn't a warm day on Saturday, that meant the wind was COLD too! Poor Baby K spent the whole time completely shut up and bundled in the stroller/car seat.

Love Mike's face as he and Little Man are trying to keep hats from blowing away.

 We watched the little educational video about Kennecott and their processes. It was kinda cool, but not exciting for a 2 year old. Then, we went through the visitor's center. Oh man, Little Man was in heaven! He ran from exhibit to exhibit, exclaiming over this "dump twuck" or that "big twuck." He didn't stay still long enough for m to get the best pictures ever, but he had fun!

Mike had just told Little Man that the sign specifically said Little Man couldn't climb into the rail car.

 I think one of my favorite quotes of the day was at the display of all the different types of equipment used in the mine and he looked at me and said, "Dey miss me mommy." Who misses him you ask? All of the trucks, loaders, etc. in the display!

Thank you to the ladies that took a picture of our little family together with crazy wind hair.

 We went back outside to look into the mine. I have never been to Kennecott before so I was a bit unprepared for how big it really is. Little Man loved to just look out. He was less interested in the mine but watched for the trucks. When we would lift him up to get a better view, he had to hang on to his hat. It was so windy we thought it would just blow off his head.

Little Man's view of Kennecott.

 We enjoyed our day together as a little family. It was fun to take Little Man to see something that was so cool for him to see. He is at that perfect age where everything seems to awesome and magical and I am totally loving it!

Baby K is letting us know his thoughts on Kennecott.

 This last story doesn't have anything to do with Kennecott, but since I was caught up in adjusting to a new baby and recovering at Easter, this story never got blogged and it is just too cute not to share. The night before Easter, we had colored some eggs with Little Man. We hadn't done it before and he had fun (and made a big mess!) We put the eggs in the fridge and went to bed. My plan was to get up sometime in the night (since I was up every couple of hours with a brand new baby anyway) and hide the eggs around our living room for Little Man to find in the morning. Well, just as I was going to do this, somebody was up for the day. After convincing him he needed to go get daddy, it gave me a minute to get the eggs and hid them. Imagine our amusement when Little Man came into the living room and found the eggs scattered all over for him to pick up! When we told him the Easter Bunny did it, he kept going around, picking up the eggs. Every now and then, he would stop, put his hands on his hips and growl, "Easter Bunny gotted my eggs." This was one boy that was very upset with the mess that the Easter Bunny left for him to clean up, and that he got the eggs out of the fridge in the first place. Little Man even told Mike that he needs to trap the Easter Bunny! He tells everybody that Daddy is going to trap the Easter Bunny and that the Easter Bunny "gotted" his eggs out of the fridge. I love this little boy!