As you know, Lily Gray headed off to Camp Cheerio this week! We have missed her so much and can't wait for her to come back and tell us about all the awesome times she had a camp. Stephen and I decided that while Lily Gray was gone, this was the perfect opportunity to kick Mom and Dad out of the house and have some Stephen and Danielle fun.
Yesterday morning, we quickly said good-bye to Mom and Dad and headed off for a day full of adventure. Our first stop didn't turn out as planned (more on that in a minute) so we headed over to the Science Museum for 'Meet the Animals.' If you've never been, it's a live show, every day at 11 and 11:30, where they teach you about different animals and then you get to pet them. It is always so interesting and tons of fun. We were able to learn and touch a box turtle, a snake, a hedgehog and a blue tongued sleuth. While we weren't able to snap any pictures with us and the animals (note to self: Meet the Animals is 100x more crowded in the summer!) we were able to get some pictures of our other favorite things we saw at the museum.
We ran into this statue playing the guitar and explaning to us how they create coffee. Stephen was diggin the music!
This was by FAR his favorite place though, the lime green snakes!
YUCK!
Lastly, he loved this albino poison dart frog who was jumping all over the place.
After the museum we came home, had some lunch and headed to the park with the dog. Note to self: Bella and Stephen together at the park is a bad combination!
Last night, we snuggled up and watched SpongeBob the Movie, we had such a great time staying up past bed time and being silly.
This morning we were up bright and early for round two of us trying to see our dear friend Walter. We had tried to see him yesterday but he wasn't feeling it. Some of you many know, Walter goes to church with us and is part of the 'in-crowd'; Walter also has CP so he lives at a healthcare facility in Raleigh. Walter is stubborn and always gets his way (kinda like Stephen :) It's Walter's way or the highway! Walter loves Stephen and loves when we bring Stephen up to visit him, they have a shared love of SpongeBob. This morning, Stephen and Walter got to finger paint! While it was the sweetest things I have ever seen, Walter being 68 and Stephen 10, finger painting together Walter was insistent on NO pictures. When we first told Walter what we were going to do, he was a little leery but we quickly won him over with a handful of chocolate bars. Both of the boys did such a great job on their paintings, Walter asked if he could keep all of them in his room as decorations. What a great way to start the morning.
Stephen and I have had such an awesome time being parent-free, the only thing that would have made it any better is if Lily Gray were here to have fun with us. With that being said, we have decided that Mom and Dad you guys need to leave us alone for an entire week, we want to have the house to ourself and do fun things parent-free for a whole week, so look at your calendars and let's find the time!
