Spring Break, Part 1

For Spring Break, the kids and I packed up and drove to NC to stay with Mom. It was a long car trip, but it was well worth it. We drove up on Monday and got in late Monday evening. We let the kids play for just a bit and then went and ate dinner. Tuesday morning, since everyone was at work, the kids and I decided to go to Scheile Museum. When we first arrived I was discouraged by the amount of school buses in the parking lot. I thought with it being a Tuesday there wouldn't be many people there! We took the leap and went in anyway. At first, the place was packed. The teenagers inside were rude, loud and even bumped into Banastre twice. (hey, I know he's short...but watch out!!!) After about 30 minutes though, they all left!! So did everyone else. The kids and I had the whole museum to ourselves for about 45 minutes. The only other person I saw was an employee going to lunch! It was fun and spooky at the same time. Visions of "Night at the Museum" kept running through my head!!!

Watch Out!!!!Banastre checks things outA puppet show just for me.Of course Banastre was taken with the T Rex skeleton. It didn't matter where we were in the museum, he wanted to go see "ReRex"!

After our enjoyable alone time in the museum, Banastre necessitated a trip to the car for the diaper bag. I just changed him at the car and decided to check out the walking trails. I had never been to these before, and I was so surprised at everything there! We first came across the Back Country Farm. When we went down the hill, a cow was the first thing we spotted! It became very vocal and it was very cute to hear Banastre "Moooo" back to it! There were also two pigs and a sheep along with lots of buildings that were all closed up. I hope we can go back sometime and see everything open and operational!

Elizabeth and Bessie Mae get to know each other!Elizabeth petting a pig...Maybe she is more like an animal? :)

Here's Banastre checking out the Stone Age settlement. He was in heaven with all of the rocks.

Then we walked on to the pond. (The Catawba Indian Village was closed up, how disappointing!!)

Can you find the turtles?

After all of the walking and over three hours at the museum and trails, we decided to call it a day. Banastre was fast asleep before I pulled out of the parking lot.

It has been a long time since I have taken both kids to a museum or anything else. Elizabeth is usually in school, so we just haven't been going as much. I truly enjoyed every minute we were there. To see the looks of discovery on both of their faces brought so much joy to me. Now that they interact so well with each other, I can't wait to take them places this summer. There are at least two zoos and tons of museums we will be checking out as soon as school is out!