Today was probably the last Friday Natalie and David will be here together. David will be away next Friday and should be starting his new job and hours as of 9/3. Natalie starts all day kindergarten on 9/9. So we made today sort of special.
The three of us drove down to Toms River to the Bug Museum. Although the place was an hour-and-a-half away, it was pretty cool. Natalie loved all the bugs on display, especially the butterflies. The place was pretty small but they did a good job of teaching the kids about what they were seeing (so different from the dinosaur place in Secaucus). After we were in the museum for about 15 minutes we were invited to the lecture area where one of the staff explained about four different insects and brought the specimen around so that the children and adults could touch it. We learned about hissing roaches, millipedes, scorpions, and tarantulas. Way cool! After the demonstration, we spent about another hour walking through the museums after which we bought Natalie a butterfly necklace as a memento of the trip.
On the way home we stopped in Woodbridge for lunch at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant - nothing great, nothing terrible.
So what made my day? When Dan picked up Natalie, I told David that I had to leave too because I was going out. No asking him to stay for dinner and him refusing. And no just hanging around until he left. Nope -- I had to go too! Really not a big deal since I was only going to Jill and Harvey's for dinner because Dan and Caroline had other plans for the evening -- but still I was letting him know that I wasn't going to sit around at home and mourn his not being there with me. "You've got to leave because I've got to go." Made my day!
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