The majority of thanksgiving break, we sat around at home and relaxed. Finally, by saturday, big guy was starting to show cabin fever. I took the boys on a brief outing to the petco so we could go talk fish and xmas. We also stopped in the five below because big guy had $4 to spend and since we are practicing recognizing numbers, I let him spend it only if he read the numbers to me. Big guy ended up getting a thing of candy canes for $2.49. I had a deep conversation about getting something for a dollar, but he said he only wanted one thing. Which is smart because he has change, but also because while the box is one thing, he actually got 12!
The next day we really needed to get out. Since longwood had been such a success, I thought, the academy of natural sciences would be great! Ok, I'm a crazy woman! Mostly because, Longwood is outside and is a lot of long walks. Academy was inside and much busier, though I was surprised at how few people were there when we first got there. Little man, who should have fallen asleep in the car, decided to be awake the whole time! And he was insanely grouchy, like screaming his head off if I wasn't holding him. sigh.
Anywho, we managed a really great visit. Big guy was in good spirits and was listening very well. We went to the play area and enjoyed the sand. Big guy also got to pet a legless lizard (not a snake) and a turtle. We made a cool turkey picture with fun feathers. Did you know turkeys are dinosaurs? And then visited the dinosaur area, following lunch. It is also a big chocolate exhibition, so various parts of the museum smell heavenly! I fed little man in the auditorium while it was quiet, for about ten minutes before a show came on about how chocolate was made and all these people came in. grrrr. Luckily, he ate well and pretty quickly but unluckily, he didn't stay asleep after I put him in his stroller. oh well. Oh, and big guy pet a hissing cockroach.
We then made it to the car and back home where little man took a lovely long nap. whew! And really cool is that big guy is going to have his 5th bday party at the museum, so it was fun to see what the kids will be up to at the party.
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