I usually look forward to snow. I do the snow dance when we get the call that school is canceled. I love to pull the sled, build a snowman, make hot chocolate and all sorts of yummies with the kids.
BUT this year it has just been too cold. I had never seen a negative temperature until this year. Nor had I experienced frozen pipes that wouldn't thaw with the blow dryer or busted pipes that I couldn't get to.
So this year I wish I could cast a spell and winter would magically be gone. SPRING would arrive and bring the needed warmth. No more astronomical heating bill or sitting awake at night to make sure the water pump is still humming.
Winter, you have had your time. I say enough! Winter - BE GONE!
Monday, February 23, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Virginia Living Museum Trip
For the month of February we traveled to Virginia Living Museum. It was a blustery day and the threat of snow was only a couple days away. It was Valentine's day and the museum had a special reptile exhibit going on. I have never seen so many snakes in one place. But my favorite reptile was the spurred tortoise from Africa. There were two of them and we were able to touch their shells.
Admission to the museum was $60 for the four of us, plus we spent another $47 in the gift shop. Since this was the kids Valentines gift I think it was a good deal. Educational, fun, and great souvenirs were better than a box of chocolates any day.
My son's favorite place was the veterinarian play clinic. It is a permanent exhibit and kids are able to take stuffed animals out of cages in the clinic and perform checkups using the various play equipment there. This was such a hit that we went back twice for him to play. This is also what led him to want the vet kit and a stuffed otter from the gift shop. He spent the trip home checking the otter and his sister's beaver that she had wanted.
We also enjoyed watching the beavers move logs around and one even acted as a bulldozer pushing a pile of twigs and leaves into the back corner of their enclosure. I look forward to our next monthly travel outing and I wonder where we shall go. March is both my husband and my daughter's birth months.
Admission to the museum was $60 for the four of us, plus we spent another $47 in the gift shop. Since this was the kids Valentines gift I think it was a good deal. Educational, fun, and great souvenirs were better than a box of chocolates any day.
My son's favorite place was the veterinarian play clinic. It is a permanent exhibit and kids are able to take stuffed animals out of cages in the clinic and perform checkups using the various play equipment there. This was such a hit that we went back twice for him to play. This is also what led him to want the vet kit and a stuffed otter from the gift shop. He spent the trip home checking the otter and his sister's beaver that she had wanted.
We also enjoyed watching the beavers move logs around and one even acted as a bulldozer pushing a pile of twigs and leaves into the back corner of their enclosure. I look forward to our next monthly travel outing and I wonder where we shall go. March is both my husband and my daughter's birth months.
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