Museum day

Marc took Monday off work today to spend with me and the kids.  Nana was in town for the weekend so I planned a day of fun.  It was between the zoo, the NC aquarium or the Raleigh Museums.  I concluded that in the heat of day, walking through the zoo would be unbearable and the animals would probably all be hiding.  The aquarium would be a nice little drive and we would spend more time on the road.  So sticking close to home it was.
My plan was to visit  The NC Museum of Natural Sciences and finally see the new Research wing.  Since the NC Museum of History and the Raleigh Kids Museum are so close I figured we could hit them all.
Four floors and 5 hours later we finished up at the Natural Sciences Museum and headed out on foot for The Pitt.
We never made it to the History Museum or the Kids Museum.  That will have to be a trip for another day.

The kids loved it.  We saw Madagascan Hissing cockroaches, got to observe a rattle snake in surgery, look at bugs and snakes and electric cars.  The butterfly exhibit was closed.  (closed on Mondays) And never did make it back down to the 3D theatre.  But it was a great day nonetheless.  The new wing of the museum is awesome and I think we all had a good time.

These are the days that build memories.  We all need more days like this.