First to the Discovery Center:

I love Jacob’s concentration tongue:

A lesson in making hoop gliders:

Simon is always “in search of…”, so this seems appropriate:

To the “senses” room.  Here I found Enzo flashing his belly at the camera; he loved seeing a time-lapse video of himself.

Sound waves are so cool!

Sasha had the scents matched up in no time:

Henry and Romeo at a listening activity:

Henry is the T’s biggest fan.  I think he could correctly answer any navigation question posed.

Don’t ask– that’s Enzo.

They still had a grand time chasing squirrels, climbing monuments, feeding ducks and digging in the dirt.  We were so happy to have Tania, Henry and Sasha meet up with us!

Those boys can really spot an injury!  I would never have noticed the head, arm and hand missing from this scene:

Success!  The duck took the bread (actually part of Jacob’s bagel he willingly donated) from the stick:

Success again!

Simon chasing squirrels:

Looking for fossils:

Simon was convinced he had found his ancestor’s (yes, his use of the word) tooth:

Romeo and Henry chasing squirrels:

Adorable:

That’s Jacob as Wolverine:

Sasha snacking; we had staggered snackers that morning:

Romeo, Simon and Enzo building:

Henry, Jacob and Sasha with the trains:

Lunchtime (that’s Stewart and Alisdair on the right):

Outside at last!

Alisdair and Evyan:

Romeo, Tania, Enzo and Jacob:

Simon sharing a discovery (I can’t recall what it was):

Simon continues his search:

This time it was a fly:

After our friends left, I played a book on tape.  Enzo was wiped out!

Simon made an interesting discovery.  Romeo’s account goes like this: “Simon said to me, ‘Hey, you gotta check this out!’ I saw it and I said ‘Is that a frog?’ Simon said, ‘That’s no frog, that’s a horse!’ Then I went closer and I said ‘That’s no horse, that’s a pig!’”

They ran over to us and when they said “Come look! We found a pig!”, I thought, ‘What could they possibly see out here that resembles a pig?’

It was quite surreal.  And stinky.  Its position and location as well as beer bottles nearby suggested it was part of a deliberate activity rather than just tossed off.

In the tire store he tugged at my arm, then quietly held out his tooth.

Romeo and a 6-yr-old boy discussed tooth loss:

Telling Daddy:

4 days later…

And Memere brought the cake!

With mama Marcy:

Marcy and her nanny (not pictured) brought the girls out for music in Franklin Park.

Phoebe enthralled Romeo and Sylvie:

Marlo and Enzo enthralled each other:

Popcorn is an essential element, but the boys opted for blue cotton candy: