And that's Tuesday!

Today we met some friends at The Museum of Nature and Science for the Shark exhibit. Way cool stuff and right up Ethan's alley. We started with a gallery walk that included a man discussing shark conservation. He allowed the kids to touch a couple of shark jaws and a fin. Then, we read up on some interesting facts and got to view regular shark teeth (Mako, Hammerhead, Great White, etc.) and even a few prehistoric shark teeth (Megladon). We ended up watching an Imax movie about sharks that left me feeling sad and a little worried. Now, understand that I'm not a member of PETA, but seeing the list of the really amazing types of shark that are either endangered or critically endangered was astounding. Ethan was extremely unhappy about the impending doom of some of these species. We had to lighten the mood so, we took the kids to play in the Kid's Museum and ended up in the Nature Museum at the Bob the Builder exhibit. That was pret-tay, pret-tay cool. And even though Ethan pretended it was too "babyish" for him, I saw him laughing a few times and he didn't look bored to me. Thank you to Jaques Cousteau's son, Jean Michel Cousteau who is working to educate others on the conservation of the oceans and provided the information and headed up the exhibit.


























When we got home from the museum, Ethan found a box waiting for him on the porch. My parents had given him a gift card for his birthday and he used it to make his very first purchase from Amazon (with Brian's help and my student account, of course). This was his first time to shop online. I was under the assumption that he would have picked out a few toys he had been eyeballing in the store. Nope. That dude picked out a Bear Grylls utility tool and survival kit, an Angry Birds board game, and a Wii game he was wanting. He was so excited to tear into the box and see the results of his online purchasing. Unfortunately, we're still waiting on his board game. Even more unfortunately, Amazon decided to stick one of the Christmas gifts we ordered for him in with his purchase. Yes, even though they were separate purchases on different days, Amazon saved themselves the time and money by shipping all together. Bawww!
Anyway, we have had a very busy, albeit very successful, day today. And I am whipped!