Branson Vacation - Part 1

The Titanic museum

Trying to get a photo of the munchkins in front of the Titanic.

Andrew wanted to take a picture too. Jonathan and Hannah were done and refused to look at him.

After lunch, we went swimming to try and cool down. The kiddie pool was perfect for our non-swimmers. Jonathan  heard me talking about the kiddie pool and kept asking when we were going to go to the "cat pool."

Hannah liked sitting on the ledge that surrounded the pool.

After warming up in the "cat pool" the boys wanted to check out the real pool. Unfortunately, it was not cooler water like we had hoped. The water was warmer than bath water, but the boys didn't care.

I noticed the giant Titanic museum when we drove the strip and was hoping for a chance to walk through it. Everyone thought it sounded like a good plan and so we all met there Tuesday morning. It was the 100th year anniversary of the Titanic and a very interesting museum. I was worried it wouldn't hold the kids attention, but there were some hands-on and touch displays to keep them engaged. Cameras weren't allowed in the museum, so I can't show the boys testing the steep incline of the deck at the various stages of the Titanic sinking. It left quite an impression. Everyone also tested their endurance at keeping their hand in the freezing water. After about 15 seconds your fingers started to go numb. The only bad part about the museum was the questions we had to answer for the next few days.

"Why did the Titanic hit an iceberg?"
"Why did the captain go down with the ship?"
"Why weren't there enough life boats?"
"Why were there animals on the Titanic?" (There was a whole room about all the dogs and other animals passengers brought on the ship.)
"Why did the ship sink?"
"Why did so many people perish?" (And then we had to explain what perish meant.)

And many other questions that I have blocked out for days and days. I don't think we will try to take them on a boat of any kind anytime soon! On a funny side note, the boys have pretended our back porch is the Titanic several times since we are home and that they are workers on the Titanic. When I call them in for lunch or snack, they'll tell me the captain was nice and gave them 10 minutes for a lunch break.

The condo we stayed at had a nice pool area with a great kiddie pool. Jonathan kept asking me for days before we left about a cat poo,l and I would make him repeat himself and finally in frustration, we would both give up on trying to understand each other. It took me awhile to realize he was hearing "kitty pool" and translating to it cat pool. The "cat pool" was always empty and a great place for us to cool down a little in the extreme heat.