it was a long, good weekend indeed.  lovely weather, lots o fun activities, and plenty of relaxing!  woo!

we spent our fabulous sunday, first, by going to mass at st. clement, then had a sunny al fresco breakfast at frances [first time ever for me, eating sausage corn dogs for breakfast!], and fun trip to the science and industry museum.  we love going there because it’s so interactive {what grace likes} and educational {what we like}!

it was fun exploring all the cool exhibits.  it had a u-505 submarine exhibit, an awesome blip in history during world war II.  it had realistic reenactments to show us how it all went down and how they overcame the enemy sub!

rich absolutely loved the art of the bicycle exhibit!  grace and i left him there to explore the other parts of the museum.  oy!  he took forever!  he spent at least five minutes on each bike (we had to ditch him 😉 !  the coolest part of that exhibit was the bicycle that was made out of cardboard and it sells for only $20!!!!  we want one!

we wrapped up at you! the experience, a great dive into the human body, mind, and spirit.  grace couldn’t wait to show me a 3d display of how big the baby looked at my current state!

[gracie + me going through a circus exhibit]

[cool little models on display]

[he’s so interested, non?!]

[can you spot grace?]

[stick your head far enough in the hole and you get to see a surprise]

[u-505 exhibit]

[make a shadow, hold still, and the butterflies will land on you!]

[grace at science storms]

[daddy daughter at the art of bicycles]

[more bicycles]

[a tandem made for us!]

[grace testing her power at you! the experience]

we explored so many more exhibits than that during our trip there!  afterwards, we hit the museum shop, grace had to get freeze dried ice cream!  it was, practically, her sole purpose of this trip!  we were finally on our way home after a fun but exhausting day to relax some more!  woo hoo!

xoxo