Friday, January 2, 2009

A Day At The Museum

Don took the day off today. I worked, and the school was open, so Don thought it would be a good day for a father son day out in the city. This seemed like a great opportunity to finally take Mzee to the American Museum of Natural History. Knowing that the city is still reeling with tourists from the holidays, Don had the foresight to order tickets on line before he left the house. This was a very good thing, as he reported that the ticket line was huge. The prepaid tickets allowed them to go right in. They headed right for the Cosmic show where Mzee reported that they saw the planets and stars and the moon. He also was quite excited to relay to me the theory that " meteroids crashed into the Earth and made the dinosaurs extinct!!" they also went to the dinosaur exhibit where they saw "T-Rex, apatosaurus, and stegosaurus". Mzee also learned that people who study dinosaur bones are paleontologists. They also went to the Africa room where they saw tembos (elephant in Swahili), lions and hyenas. They also saw an ostrich with it's huge eggs in a nest and a warthog nearby. Don got a kick out of the fact that Mzee would not say "warthog", he would always say " a pig with horns" whenever he relayed the story.
The whole museum was very crowded and they had to battle for the elevator at one point. When they finished at the museum, they met me for lunch at a great little spot close to my office. I was delighted to see "my guys" running across the street to meet me, Mzee carrying a single rose for me! He was so sweet saying " Mommy, look what I got you!" We had a nice relaxing lunch where I got to hear all about their visit to the museum and their train, subway and taxi rides! After lunch I headed back to lunch and the guys headed to a wonderful holiday train show at Citi Center. Don said it was an extremely intricate and detailed display that was really amazing! They then headed home, stopping to pick Milan up on the way. Her class was in the midst of play dough fun, so Mzee joined in for a bit with the younger kids.
It's Friday, so when I got back into town we went to our regular Friday night pizza spot. The kids had a long day and are in bed early and I am writing this post with a new blogging tool on my iPod. Here's hoping it works now that I typed all this with one finger!

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