Ryan and Rylan

Ryan has been asking to go to the Childrens Museum for a few months so yesterday I called his best buddy Rylan (and mom Erin) and arranged for all of us to go for the afternoon today. The two boys met at preschool and became fast friends with 0ne another. We had a great day exploring the museum - checking out the dinosaurs, the doctor area with fake stuffed germs!, the rock wall, store, maze, getting inside a real fire truck and more.



While there I noticed the exhibit of the Tucson River of Words Youth Poetry and Art Contest. Imagine my surprise when I saw Reid's poem on the wall! Ha - such fun! We didn't know it was there so that was a fun surprise. They had all the winning entries up on display. I had to take a picture to show Reid - I may need to bring him there to show him his work on display.

After the childrens museum we stopped for lunch at Wendy's and then the boys enjoyed a frosty.

This week has been busy but good. Molly and Reid both had dental appointments Monday a.m. and Molly had high school freshmen orientation that night. While walking from the parking lot into the cafetorium it really hit me that my only daughter is growing up.

Yesterday I taught my third session of Junior Achievement to Chase's class. Our topic is My City. So far we have talked about the roles of builders and city planners, different zones and what type of buildings belong in each zone as well as the importance of entrepreneurs to a city. Each of the kids made different decisions as if they were opening their own restaurant. Tomorrow I go again and we will discuss the purpose of a newspaper as a communication tool for people in a city. I am enjoying these lessons.

I also got to have lunch with my friend Luncinda yesterday at Olive Garden. I had been craving Olive Garden for some time as it had been a long time since I'd been there. It was a very nice, relaxing afternoon before the craziness of the early evening. Tuesdays are pretty busy since Chase has yoga and then soccer. I then headed off to book club, which was great.

Tonight for mutual we are going to the choir concert at the high school to support two of our youth. I'm looking forward to it. It is our first Priest/Laurel activity: we've invited the Mia Maids too so it should be fun.