Stolen Moments

On Sunday the kids and I visited the science center then the zoo while Shawn and Chris worked on the sunroom!

Andy waits patiently to ride the mini-train.

Andy versus the dinosaur footprint.

The butterfly atrium (yes, I braved the ick factor to give my kids the wonder of large bugs that happen to have pretty wings but are still just large bugs).

The train ride at the center.

The zoo! We got to the carousel moments too late and it was locked. Andy was very disappointed, but true to form was easily distracted by the bear-carousel-statue just outside the carousel. He pretended to ride the bear while the last group of people rode the real carousel behind a locked door...

But THEN! The woman running the carousel came running after us as we left the zoo (we were 200 yards from the carousel) and -- apparently having seen Superman's disappointed face and been overcome -- REOPENED the carousel for us (and another family we pointed out had also been just moments too late) and let us ride it twice!

Somehow, the carousel is that much more fantastic when you know it's supposed to be all closed down -- stolen moments.