Class party!!

The third weekend in February brought about big guy's party for his friends at school. We had it at the academy of natural sciences and it was awesome. I could not have asked for a better party, I could have asked for better weather! Turns out the second biggest snowfall of the winter started about an hour before his party got under way, which made me sad and anxious. We hadn't gotten too many RSVP's to begin with so I was epically sad on big guys behalf that no one would show up. I had a talk with him before we left about how the weather was bad and that even if it was just daddy, mommy, little man and Dino we would all still have fun. But I really wanted to cry but didn't! I kept repeating that prayer about being able to know the difference between what you can control or not!

After a quick call to the museum to ensure we were still a go, I sent an email to everyone saying we were still having the party and hoped to see people there. Only 1 person didn't come because of weather. However, we lost another 4 due to illness. February is a tough month! Anywho, we made it to the museum with a few minutes to spare. The roads were already pretty treacherous! We were greeted by A, our host who stayed with us the whole time and she was awesome!!!

We were in the Serengeti room with the zebra and other herbivores of Africa. It was really cool! We put out some extra cash to have them provide the cake (which was delicious and from a bakery in south Philly), plates, cups, plasticware, favors for all the kids (cool reusable cup, creepy bug toy, bug tattoo, and coupon for free adult admission!). And then Dino's gift was to pay for the bug encounter!

So, though people were late, we had a really great tour of the museum and the kids had so much fun and were really well behaved! We started with outside in- where the kids got to pet a bunny and a turtle. Then went to dig for dinosaurs! Next to the Titanoboa exhibit, all about snakes. And then ended up at butterflies, which funnily enough the adults liked the best while the kids ran through! We then went back to our room for the hissing cockroach visit. I think this is what the kids liked the most, they got to see it up close, learn about it and then touch them. For like 20 minutes! We ended with soft pretzels and cake! It was really great. I would recommend this party to anyone. And our host was amazing. Obviously liked kids and knew how to keep it moving and interesting!

Then we left and it took us an hour and a half where it normally is a 20 minute drive! It was definitely scary and long and neither of the boys slept but we made it home safely! And big guy had a wonderful time and that is all I could ask for!!