Last day of the year - at Durham Museum of Life and Science

2018 was a rough year in so many ways.  But we made it through!  On the last day of this dreadful year, it was rainy but warm. After an interesting breakfast and a science kit project, I took the kids to Durham for the afternoon.

Zac let Alice pick her own breakfast: sausage, quesadilla, peas.

Then she did some sciency stuff  with Zac while I got ready.

Then we drove to Durham.  We played inside for a bit, then walked to the cafe for lunch.

The kids played at the dinosaur for a while. Alice mainly climbs the parasaurolophus, while Simon likes to climb the rock wall behind it.

We spent a long time at the sailboats today. There was barely any breeze, but the kids liked taking the push poles and bumping the sailboats back out.

We spent a lot of time in the bug house too.  Here the kids are trying to convince butterflies to land on them. It didn't work.

They have a really cool chrysalis display where you can see the butterflies hatch.

Millipedes...

The stuff of nightmares

Ant colony

Honey bees!

We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful place so close.  I never get tired of going there.