.: Museums, Aquarium, Snowman, Sick kids.

Some pictures from December thus far:

It's become a tradition that Matt takes a day off in early December and we go into Boston to spend the day at the Children's Museum and the Aquarium. The kids got so much more out of the Children's Museum this year that I think next year we won't be able to do both in the same day. We didn't even get through 2/3 of the museum before it was time to head home to beat rush-hour traffic.

Charlotte had no fear climbing this thing this year.

See the little blue arm and face peeking down from the top?

Taking a little break.

Sorting out some fake bugs.

Examining some real bugs encased in glass.

Constructing something.

Riding Peep.

Sand exploration.

Other than climbing, this was probably Charlotte's favorite part - an area full of tracks to race golf balls down. Makes me think the marble run she is getting for Christmas might be a big hit, too!

Pull the rope as far down as possible then let it go to launch a ball towards the ceiling.

Charlotte really put a lot of effort into it!

Teamwork!

We actually went to the aquarium first, before the Discovery Museum. The center aquarium area was closed for remodeling, so the outer exhibits didn't take us long to look at.

Matt and I spent last Saturday kid-free. We went to Cambridge and then Boston for some shopping and eating. One of the places we went to was the Harvard Museum of Natural History: