Weekend in Chattanooga

We had a great weekend in Chattanooga!

On Saturday we visited the aquarium. Two large buildings of exhibits and a separate building with the IMAX theatre. Isaac's favorite parts were the pancake turtles and penquins. I loved the butterfly room. It was really peaceful and not too crowded. Donavan preferred the River building that featured animals from a variety of rivers in Tennessee and across the world. Oh, Isaac was really fascinated with the dragonfish in this building. We went and saw Under the Sea in the IMAX and Isaac felt asleep for a 10 minute cat nap. Oh, I hated to wake him, but we had to leave the theatre.

We dined and slept in a train car at the Choo Choo hotel. It's a really cool idea and Isaac enjoyed it thoroughly. Surprisingly, it was not noisey although it was a bit outdated--the facilities felt old. Well, they were old trains. It was a no nap day for Isaac so by 6 p.m. he was ready to crash. We ordered room service. Bad idea--expensive (of course) and not overly delicious. Isaac ate his whole dinner--hot dog, applesauce, fruit and fries. He did share a few fries with him mommy. After Isaac fell asleep Donavan and I watched Nim's Island, a really cute movie.

On Sunday, Isaac slept in until after 10. We actually had to waken him up to start our day. We went to the Children's Museum, which was really, really impressive. Isaac loved the art and music section. They had individual rooms with percussion, strings, etc... where you could play the instruments. they were sound proof rooms and Isaac always wanted to keep the doors shut. I don't think he wanted to keep other people out, but enjoyed listening to the drums, etc.... We spent over an hour in this section. He also loved doing rubbings. The museum also had a water play section, mechanical section, hospital (where Isaac checked Donavan's heart beat), a magnet room and dino exhibit. Isaac liked playing in the sand and pretending to unearth dino bones. The second floor had a special "my house, your house" exhibit, bee hive area and reading room.

Chattanooga has a free electric shuttle system downtown which was perfect. It wasn't very crowded since it rained the entire weekend. We hopped on at our hotel and traveled downtown for the aquarium, children's museum and food. We ran out of time, but another trip back should include the zoo and incline rail car.