I have to say though that "country" girl I may be, I am pretty thankful for where I live. I love that within 25 miles of our city you can be in legitimate farm land, full of well-tended crops and black angus cattle. I love that we get the best of both worlds and that in the same weekend we can ride the pony at my parents' hobby farm and see a mummy at the Natural History Museum.
So when I figured out that I had to go into the city, at first I was pretty unenthused. Honestly, I try to pretty much avoid the city but for a few times a year. But I figured, hey, I we gotta go we might as well make it awesome. So since Hubby happened to come home from work early, we called a friend, loaded up the car, and hit the Natural History Museum.
It's funny, having grown up here. I don't appreciate the wonderful museums right at my fingertips as much as I should; I certainly haven't in recent years, anyway. I've seen that dang elephant more times that I can count and all he really does for me is make me reminisce over fourth grade field trips.
But she hasn't.
She will, probably.
True story: The first time I ever fell in love was in the Natural History Museum. I was in kindergarten, and I was in a group with a little boy I didn't like named Ian. The chaperone made me hold Ian's hand and I thought it was sticky and yucky. But somewhere among the dinosaur bones I believed I'd been "struck by cupid's arrow" (thank you, Fantasia) and decided I loved him. A couple of days later I decided I was too young to be in love, but we still played at each other's houses all summer.
Remind me never to let any little boys hold my little girl's hand!
Belly tickles. The funniest part was when Sweet Pea tried to blow a raspberry on her own belly. Needless to say, she was not successful. |
Awwww, so sweet! N LOVED the Natural History Museum. :) I think she thought it was the zoo but there, the animals were REALLY calm. ;)
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