New England!

 For spring break we went on a tour of New England... I enjoyed much of the area, and yes, it really is just like all those pictures... older, used but taken care of, overcast....  lol

We stopped at the Children's Museum in Hartford CT.  They have a bit of everything: giant sperm whale sculpture, dinosaur on the roof, giant lite brite, exhibits on animals and mars, massive lego area...

and the boys decided that life as a turtle wasn't very fun, those shells are pretty heavy.

The MOST

No really, the Museum of Science and Technology (MOST)  :)

 Bellybutton check!

rope maze...

GIANT calculator



 and a massive indoor play area complete with foam ball cannon.

Birds of Prey

we visited the World Center for Birds of Prey while we were in Boise, and learned some neat stuff about middle eastern falconing.













Here is Carter and Aunt Sarah, he gravitates towards her.

Stone Mills Museum

Went to the fiber festival at Stone Mills Museum, it was so much fun! basically what I always pictured small town fairs used to be before the advent of 'rides'. There was an egg race...


a tractor and antique car parade...












and lessons on what life was like before 'public schools' and buses. I'm all for one room schoolhouses.






it wasn't a fiber fest like you'd think, they had all kinds of fibers, fur and edible...

it was a blast, they had a quilt show, pie eating contest, and a tractor pull. two thumbs up for Stone Mills