Monday, December 08, 2008
Nom nom nom nom nom
Baltimore sights had dollar days at the major tourist traps. $1 Aquarium, $1 Science Center, etc. I figured we could go on the cheap. Heck, gas is cheap. So we made our way down there after getting the kids flu shots. (No crying at all.)
Oy, parking $22. The line to get into the aquarium at opening was back around the aquarium. You could buy a ticket at 10am for 4:30pm if you waited in line long enough to get a ticket. Um, hell no.
Fortunately, the "trade center" building offered $1 tickets to the "top of the world" and had a nice view of the city and that's how we got to see how long the line to the aquarium was. We went to the science museum next, and that also had a long line, but it wasn't anywhere near as long as the aquarium line.
The kids ate breakfast around 8am. By the time we were in the science center line (10:30am), the kids were hungry. Had food in the cafeteria in the science center around 11:30am. Went through the science center and then they were hungry again. Had lunch at 2pm. Drove down to a party. Kids at cupcakes - probably six to ten each at around 4pm. Then pizza. Then more cupcakes and more pizza. In all, each kid probably consumed at least 8000 calories.
Oy, parking $22. The line to get into the aquarium at opening was back around the aquarium. You could buy a ticket at 10am for 4:30pm if you waited in line long enough to get a ticket. Um, hell no.
Fortunately, the "trade center" building offered $1 tickets to the "top of the world" and had a nice view of the city and that's how we got to see how long the line to the aquarium was. We went to the science museum next, and that also had a long line, but it wasn't anywhere near as long as the aquarium line.
The kids ate breakfast around 8am. By the time we were in the science center line (10:30am), the kids were hungry. Had food in the cafeteria in the science center around 11:30am. Went through the science center and then they were hungry again. Had lunch at 2pm. Drove down to a party. Kids at cupcakes - probably six to ten each at around 4pm. Then pizza. Then more cupcakes and more pizza. In all, each kid probably consumed at least 8000 calories.
I'm sick ... I'm not sick
I took the kids to a party this weekend and Jared napped on the way there so he was a bit sleepy when we got out of the car. It was a house he had never been too and it was cold and snowing outside and on the way into the house he just stopped and started to break down. He didn't want to go inside. His brother went in and looked around and tried to entice him to go inside, but no amount of bribery or threats would get him to budge.
Alex told him there were cupcakes. Jared was interested but still did not want to go inside. I told him we can go in there and get one and come back out, but still he did not want to do it. He wanted me to go in and get him a cupcake. It was cold and he was starting to shiver and finally he said, "I don't want them to see meeee!"
So I told him we can sneak in and we can cover him with my jacket so no one can see him. So we had to open the door, clear the one room of people and "sneak" him in. Feeding him a couple of cupcakes under the jacket seemed to fix his foul mood. He slowly started to peek around corners and lose his shyness. Four to five cupcakes later he was actually being social and having fun.
Alex told him there were cupcakes. Jared was interested but still did not want to go inside. I told him we can go in there and get one and come back out, but still he did not want to do it. He wanted me to go in and get him a cupcake. It was cold and he was starting to shiver and finally he said, "I don't want them to see meeee!"
So I told him we can sneak in and we can cover him with my jacket so no one can see him. So we had to open the door, clear the one room of people and "sneak" him in. Feeding him a couple of cupcakes under the jacket seemed to fix his foul mood. He slowly started to peek around corners and lose his shyness. Four to five cupcakes later he was actually being social and having fun.
