Field Trip-- American Museum of Natural History

We had a busy weekend. Sunday we went to the AMNH in NYC with Mikro's aunt and 2 of his cousins, and saw dinosaurs and live frogs. Mikro and his closest in age cousin T together are a whirlwind, but a joy to watch. His middle cousin is really blossoming. She's no longer shy, and has a great sense of humor. I loved seeing the kids together. I have a ton of photos to edit, and today I'm paying in pain for having dared to go do stuff like a normal person, but I'd say it was worth it. It was really nice to have fun and feel like part of a family. Kev, Mikro and I are way too isolated too much of the time...

I haven't been to the AMNH in years. Never knew there was a special Discovery Room for the kiddos, where they can get hands on with the exhibits. Mikro got to touch a dinosaur skeleton!





And then the bigger kid got to put together a model of a praying mantis.



There were lots of bugs to look at.



And puzzles and toys to play with.



And fossils to touch.



And cousins to hold hands with, and chase around.



Boy meets frogs...





















But by day's end, the sensory boy was pretty overwhelmed. Here he's trying to shield himself from noise. Lucky for us, he just fell asleep during dinner at EJ's Diner, rather than throwing a meltdown...