we had a great day today. we started the day skyping with family, and then we got out for some great adventures. first, we went to a ruby tuesday's in hopes of having an authentic american meal...goal was achieved, though the food wasn't as good as we've had it at RTs in the u.s. after lunch, we went to the science museum and had an absolute ball. the kids were intrigued by everything they saw and really had a lot of fun looking around and playing with the hands-on exhibits. josh and i also enjoyed ourselves, but we found that we had to spend a lot more time running interference than looking at the exhibits. the museum was crowded, and there was a lot of pushing/shoving/line jumping. quinn also was super hard to keep up with as he wanted to run around the museum like a ping pong ball.
this evening has been pretty low key. i got out for a combined jog/grocery trip, and then we had a quiet dinner at home.
the other highlight of the day was having our toilets return to working order. i swear that our flush water has been turned off at least 10 times since we moved in in march. there's been a ton of building construction, road construction, and water works repair in the area we live in, and the flush water gets turned off pretty regularly as part of these ongoing projects. we have become proficient at using flush buckets, and as a side effect, we have the cleanest bathroom trashcans in town since they often have to double as water buckets. the worst was when we got notification that flush and fresh water had to be turned off simultaneously during an emergency. fortunately, we had very rainy/stormy weather for the entire week during which that was supposed to happen, so we didn't actually have to endure that.
we are looking forward to another busy week ahead.
waffle did not want to be left out of all the family skyping this morning, so he worked the adorable-ness as hard as he could.
it was difficult to get good pics at the museum with all the crowds and activity. many of the rooms/exhibits were in very low light, too. this is the best picture i was able to get. the kids are checking out a safety exhibit...there was a whole floor dedicated to the science of safety.
That cat is seriously the best cat I've never met. He gives Park Cat a run for his money, that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteA whole floor dedicated to the science of safety... I bet you were in heaven! hehe ;)
p.s. I FULLY intend to give you a quality response to your email. Work has been crap lately, sucking up my evening internet time.
too funny...i do remember how awesome park cat was and how much he loved james. waffle is awesome, and he loves quinn. i keep thinking to myself "what cat purposely seeks out the "attentions" of a two-year-old boy?!?" really...what cat gets pounded on, poked, stepped on, and shoved and still seeks out the perpetrator. :-)
ReplyDeletei hope work settles down soon and that you don't have to keep burning the midnight oil :-(