Today we got up early and drove Tricia's parents to the airport in Charlotte so they could travel down to Orlando to visit Disney World with Tricia's sister and family. They are going to have a very busy week, Tricia's sister has two young boys under 4 and one of them has been sick already before traveling down to Florida. Say a few extra prayers for the whole family this week. Just keep smiling Kathy!
After dropping the in laws at the curb, we headed towards Pineville to waste some time at the mall before our 1230 reservations at Discovery Place. During the delay, we hung out at Barnes and Noble where I had some coffee and read the paper while the rest of the family browsed the books, one of their all time favorite activities. Before getting lunch at Jason's Deli, we hit Best Buy and got the entire Wii Fit package. Tricia is going to use the Wii Fit as her Wellness Benefit with my work since spouses are now covered. I should recover 70% of the purchase thanks to work. A good deal and we all benefit.
Discovery Place is a science and education museum in uptown Charlotte. Today was the last day for the Pompeii exhibit and I made reservations since I knew we would be driving Frank and Kathy to the airport today. I have to admit this was a great idea on my part if I do write so myself. The entire family was impressed with the exhibit. Some recreations and videos but that complimented the vast array of artifacts. My favorite part were the plaster cast figures that were created when archeologists poured plaster into the large open spaces they encountered during their digs. That was cool. The weird part was seeing everyone use the audio devices you could rent that read or discussed exhibit items. It looked everyone was walking around talking on the telephone and looking at ancient Roman life at the same time. A collision of time and space. I think Miles and Dylan enjoyed the exhibit and mentioned it several times. They got a big laugh out of the nude statues as well. Boys can't help it, we have to laugh.
After about 1 1/2 hours in the Pompeii exhibit, we spent another 45 minutes in the main science hall. Dylan enjoyed the Circus science expo and Miles went around the room with max attention deficit, touching everything. I think Dylan's favorite was the building blocks area. He and Mom made a tall sky scraper like the ones we saw driving into Uptown Charlotte. One of the funniest moments was when Dylan and I went into the rain forest expo and Dylan saw a door on the side of a cave and said "look, a door!" I went around the front of the "cave" and said "I think you might not want to do that". Dylan walked around to the glass and saw the VERY large python snake laying just on the other side of the "door". He and I got a big laugh out of that.
It was a very busy day but an exciting day for the whole family. We are going to miss spending time with the grandparents, it was a great visit. Very mellow and just hanging around the house. Miles and Dylan got schooled by Grandma in the art of Jacks. Just think, they had fun without using video games, how did kids survive in the days gone by? We talked to the Edwards and they are now in Orlando after a long day of air travel. Glad we had a good visit with them here at home and plan to repeat that next year at this time if possible for all.
I am flying out to Wisconsin on Tuesday for work in Appleton. It's gonna be COLD! But, tomorrow is another great day! Although the kids go back to school and Tricia back to work, it is also our 13th wedding anniversary and Tricia's birthday. After school and work, we have to head downtown Greenville to sign some paperwork for our home refinance package (6.5% down to 5% fixed on a 30year loan, thank you!) and then out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary and Tricia's birthday. I will fly out Tuesday at lunch and get back on Friday. Should be a fast week. Here's some photos from my Blackberry taken at Discovery Place.
See ya!
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