All good things...

must come to an end! It is exciting to be starting a new school year. We are so proud of Nick and Alex and how much they have learned over the past year. We wanted to have a very special day on their last day of Summer Vacation! So we decided to go to Dinoquest at the Botanical Gardens. Nick has been wanting to go all summer. We changed our plans after we could not even get into the parking lot and there were no parking spots on the street. We ended up at the... Science Center. This is another one of Nick's favorite places and we had such a great time. It worked out so good because it was not crowded at all. The boys loved the Discovery Zone. There is so much to do and play with in that room and they can go anywhere they want.

Alex found a friend while we were waiting to go to the Real Pirates Exhibit. He reminded me of my Dad and was very patient and let Alex do every puzzle and tanagram he had. He was very impressed with Alex's ability to put things together.

Nick really enjoyed the Real Pirates exhibit. It was pretty amazing to see all of the items they had rescued from the bottom of the ocean that showed what pirate life was like.