Museum with Friends

Stephen went out of town.  Due to my anxiety problems, he wouldn't let me stay home.  We had stayed at my Mom's the last time, my sister's the time before that, and my Dad's the time before that, and though they all assured me I was welcome again, we decided to 'spread the love' and took our close friends up on their offer to stay with them.

But lo and behold they swept us away to the Tellus Science Museum.  Picture two moms, one expecting, plus 9 kids at a museum.

We had most of it to ourseleves.

Focault's Pendulum..

Meg digs... you get to keep one fossil or shark tooth of your choice that you find.

Clyde, Land and Iris dig...

Clyde and Land panning for gems...

Iris and Teva panning...

Lilly and Courtney....

Lu....

Happily tired of panning and digging...

Group pic in front of giant geode....

exploring...

Courtney getting her chance to touch fossilized dinosaur poop! The other big girls had been highly anticipating Courtney getting to experience this. :)

Big girls running from a giant sea monster skeleton :)  They requested this pic.

 The kids were so awesome!!  Amy and I kept talking about how we did not feel like we had just spent many hours in a museum with 9 kids!!

But we made up for it.  We got back to her house, where I promptly started having a syncope episode and a bit of anxiety and her baby promptly drained all her energy.  We deposited ourselves on recliners and had to be served dinner. 

Good memories!!