Separate Ways

Alex and I both took our own trips this weekend.  Alex headed up to Pennsylvania to see an old friend and I went to Cary to spend time with my family.  Harper and I had fun and were able to see several of my aunts, Grandma, Sami and Tessa in addition to my family.  We planned Lisa's shower, spent Saturday at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, and had a nice breakfast out with Grandma Sunday morning.  We all had a wonderful weekend!

  

NC Museum of Natural Sciences

    

  

Harper loved these big whale bones.

   

   

   

We explored different ecosystems.

    

We were very excited to find out that Saturday was Reptile and Amphibian Day at the museum.  Harper was able to greet and pet tons of different snakes and lizards. 

     

She was very brave!

    

   

    

Hello Hercules!

     

This two week old tortoise is riding on the back of a tortoise whose size he will soon grow to be!

   

   

Harper liked the brontosaurus' long neck.

    

   

    

This giant sloth used to live in North Carolina!  I am glad it is gone.

    

    

    

    

    

   

The sloth was too sleepy to come down.

   

We loved the butterfly room!

     

Gigi and Harper

    

     

Goodbye museum!

    

Harper and Poppy played bubbles.

    

You Can't Brunch With Us

We had a couple friends over for brunch this morning.  We had Grandma's breakfast bake, bagels, muffins, yogurt parfaits, eggs Benedict and a mimosa and bloody Mary bar.  Landon and Harper had a great time playing together while the adults caught up!

   

The spread

    

We forgot about daylight savings this morning so it was a mad dash to make sure everything was ready in time.  I had to quickly make the muffins without Harper and when she found out, my little muffin girl was very angry!

    

Yogurt with granola, honey and fruit!

    

We love a good breakfast cocktail bar.

     

     

Our brunch crew

     

 These two are so funny to watch.

    

Ring around the rosie!

Schiele Museum of Natural History

It was another rainy day in Charlotte so we went to the Schiele Museum of Natural History to learn about dinosaurs and animals.  Harper was very excited about the dinosaur bones, but when she saw the life-like dinosaurs accompanied by dinosaur sounds, she freaked out.  It was nice to be outside the house!

  

Excited to learn about dinosaurs! 

     

    

Big dinosaur bones!

    

A little nervous about the raptors...

     

    

A budding paleontologist! 

     

     

     

Harper thought the crocodile was building a sand castle.  

     

    

     

        

We explored a pirate ship.

       

     

     

       

    

We met the pigs outside.  Harper tempted them with her cookies and ended up getting mud all over her shirt from a pig snout!

Pat-A-Cake

We had company for dinner earlier this week so Harper and I made a cake.  She loves helping me bake.

   

Hiking with the Fam

My mom and dad came to visit this weekend for a quick trip.  The sun was finally out so we decided to take a hike on Crowders Mountain.  Crowders is nice because it is only thirty minutes outside of Charlotte and has great views.  Given that none of us have been walking much or hiking this winter, the hike was probably a little more intense than desired.  We made sure to drink lots of water and take lots of breaks along the way.  It was so nice to get outside!

   

On the way up!

    

We had to do some rock climbing.

   

Hello Charlotte!

     

   

Harper preferred to be carried the entire way!  She rode up in the backpack and down in my arms.  She definitely had it the easiest. 

    

Snuggle baby