Astro Overnight

The following day, I took Noah on a Cub Scout overnight at the Planetarium. We were both really excited as our last overnight at the zoo was really fun. We arrived at 5 pm, ready to spend the evening learning about space.

It was mostly just a free-explore and not as organized as the zoo overnight, so we spent a little while just wandering and checking out the exhibits.

Serious moon pose.

We ate dinner as the sun set over the city.

Afterwards, we stopped at the lab and made a hovercraft.

And then we finally bumped into some friends, so we tagged along with them the rest of the night. We went to a couple shows, played in the kid's area, did a scavenger hunt, and journeyed outside to the telescope.

The moon was so cool that night. It was a great night to be in the city.

More moon poses

At 9:05, Noah asked if we could go to bed. Sadly, they wouldn't even let us get our gear until 10 and lights out wasn't until 11:15. Our designated space was downstairs in the telescope room. I found us a cozy nook between some exhibits. Our friends joined us and later we were joined by another friend and his dad - who just so happens to be Noah's art teacher at school. The kids all think it's pretty fun to be hanging out with him.

Even though he was exhausted, I dragged him to one more show at 10:45. The lights in the auditorium made Noah's yellow Pikachu pajamas and his yellow Pikachu turn orange.

Sending a good night picture to daddy.

The next morning we had breakfast, bought a few more souvenirs, and played with our friends until they kicked us out. We had a great time and can't wait until our next overnight.