When we got on the interstate (less than 10 minutes from our house), Carter asked, "Are we there yet?" I'm not sure where he learned that. He was kidding and would periodically ask that again. Then when we got in to Brian's parents' house, he woke up as I was carrying him in and he asked it again. It was really cute then.
We set up Rylan's playyard in the same room as a twin bed for Carter and both boys went right back to sleep.
On Friday we went with Brian's parents to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
The museum is in downtown Raleigh and free. They just added a new wing (the Nature Research Center) that is really awesome.
It's just amazing looking inside.
And out. There is a globe along the edge of one side of the building.
Carter really liked the "T. Rex". When he saw this picture today he knew what it was called. Both boys are really into dinosaurs right now.
One of the neat things about this part of the museum is that all along the edges are labs. Some you can enter and some you can't. They limit the number of people in the labs and introduce kids to a lab environment and different experiments. Everything is still new, but these labs were fancy and extremely cool.
After a bit we headed back to the Natural Science section.
Carter and a whale skeleton ...
One section of the museum explores the different environments in North Carolina (mountains, Piedmont, and Coast Plain). Carter liked the waterfall (he's a big fan since we went hiking a few months ago).
Checking out a beaver (again, Carter knew what this was when he saw this picture today).
Rylan enjoying the dinosaur exhibit ...
Dinosaur footprints ...
Brian and Carter with the dinosaur "that the other one tried to eat", as Carter told us.
Here is the predator ...
We didn't stay too long because we got a little bit of a late start and everyone was hungry for lunch. So we headed off to Panera and then back to the house for naps. Rylan had taken a 10 minute nap on the way to the museum but was obviously still tired because I had to work to keep him up in the car. However neither boy would take a nap. They were in the same room and just kept talking to each other and playing. I eventually went in their room and laid on the floor. That didn't help. After an hour, I gave up and just got the boys up.
After a bit we went over to Ritter Park and took a walk on the Swift Creek Greenway to look for a letterbox. Unfortunately we didn't find it (I gave up quicker than normal because even though I had on bug spray, I was getting eaten alive by mosquitoes).
After our walk, we played on the playground at Ritter Park for awhile.
Slides are always fun ...
There was a bouldering wall on the playground. Carter took some convincing to try it but was pretty good.
After awhile it was obvious that Rylan was crashing.
Carter could have kept going forever though.
Rylan passed out after a few seconds in the car. We headed back to the house while Brian's parents picked up some dinner for us all.
We woke Rylan up when dinner arrived and he luckily woke up happy. After dinner, baths, and a little playing, the boys easily went to sleep. As did the rest of us.
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