Now that we only have one child at home (and no high school activities to schedule around) and the nights are getting darker earlier, we've been spending more time watching movies. We usually get one weekend night with G, and the next night he wants to be upstairs, chatting with his friends online. We've been down this path with Arya already, so we will take whatever time we have with him! I love that he makes his own popcorn and gives some to me! Scott likes to lie on the floor to watch movies Pria just wants to sleep...and eat popcorn These army men are everywhere in our house... They moved upstairs, in formation Last Saturday night, my mom and I went to the Rosemount Marching Band Festival. Even though it was chilly and damp, it was a fun night! It's very different when 1) you don't have a kid competing, and 2) the band that you're cheering on is performing in exhibition only...it was a much less stressful event for us! This isn't the RHSMB, but I have missed...
When Arya, my mom, and I were in Chicago, I stumbled across an event site with events in cities all over the country. I found an Immersive Titanic exhibit in Minneapolis, and since G went through a HUGE Titanic phase when he was younger, this seemed like a perfect event to check out on a fall Sunday. We took the light rail from near the MoA and rode it until the end of the line at Target Field. We had about a 10-minute walk from there to the nearby warehouse that held the Titanic exhibit. The exhibit had so much factual information, along with artifacts, and a full room where you could experience the event from nearby waters (no, we weren't actually in water) and see the messages being sent to nearby ships. It was very well-done, but also heartbreaking. So many small things happened leading up to the iceberg and the Titanic crossing paths at the same time. If only one of those small details had been changed, the sinking may never have happened. I left feeling informed, but also ver...