This morning we were lucky enough to meet up with another friend from home, my neighbor Lisa.  She and her husband are in town for a conference and she joined me and the kids at the Natural History Museum.  The first thing we saw walking up to the museum was the Butterfly house, which, unlike the free museum, you had to pay for.  My kids do love that stuff, so we went for it.  Lots of fun, beautiful butterflies, and lots of chrysalises opening to watch.  It was fun.  Once we got into the museum we headed for the dinosaurs area and then on to the crystals.  The area with the minerals and crystals was huge and very interesting.  So much cool stuff in that museum we will have to go back a few times.  It was lunch time after the museum so we went to the nearby Carluccios which we know to be a good italian restaurant and very kid friendly!  Just what we needed!

It was really nice to get to know Lisa better.  We had a great morning!  Our afternoon was lazy and our plans tomorrow include more laziness.  We will see how that goes.