Fun Friday

Today was a big day for us.  

We got into NJ late the night before and slept well in the hotel.  

We woke up early and drove to Basking Ridge for a special birthday breakfast 

with Grandma Peggy and Grandpa Neil.

After a nice visit with them, we travelled to Jersey City for a special day 

with Uncle Ralph at the Liberty Science Center.  The boys were in HEAVEN, they loved the museum.

We went to their first IMAX show and watched an amazing movie all about the Hubble Telescope.  The pictures were amazing and it truly felt like we were in space with the astronauts.

The science center had a new exhibit all about Rubix Cube.  

We saw all different versions of the cube, robots that can solve the cubes 

and a wall of Rubix.  

Because the boys have NO fear, we ventured into the Touch Tunnel.  

It is an 80 foot, crawl-thru, pitch black maze that forces you to use 

your senses other than sight.  We each paired up, one grown up to child, 

and the 6 of us went into the tunnel.  

We mastered the tunnel with no freak outs!  The boys were not at all scared, 

or at least I didn't think so, until we saw these infa-red pictures taken 

by the tunnel cameras!

After 6 hours at the science center, it was time to say "goodbye" to Uncle Ralph - he was off to the Coast Guard for the weekend.  Then we headed to Brooklyn to see the Amatores.

The boys hugged cousin Lucas and got right to playing, 

while the grownups enjoyed time together.

We had a delicious italian dinner together and then got the boys settled 

for their FIRST friend sleepover.  (That's right, even Lucas had never had a sleepover 

with anyone but grandparents before - it was a big night!)

Gill and I said goodnight to the boys at 10 and went to the hotel.  

Rosemarie assured me that by 10:45, all 4 buddies were sounds asleep.

What a big day!