So here's the short of it, 
We had another great day visiting

And here's the long.

Today was a Long day!  But we got lots of good visiting in.

Dan and Alan and I had breakfast at a place called The Pantry.  It was really nice to have a leisurely time together enjoying a good breakfast.

Then the three of us took Max to the Peabody Museum.  We spent lots of time at the dinosaur exhibit inside.  Max told us that the bones of the dinosaur in the exhibit looked like stones.  Then we made our way up to the 2nd floor where there is a very friendly kids room.  We spent lots of time looking at frogs and leaf cutter ants, putting together part of a puzzle, and opening all of these drawers that had cool stuff to look at.  Every drawer also had a small magnifying glass.  That turned into so much fun!


As we left and visited the gift shop, we found a magnifying glass with a bug box and a great pair of tweezers.  The tweezers were such a hit!  After we got home we spent lots of time outside "snipping" things and then looking at them under the magnifying glass.  And Uncle Dan showed Max the best trick of all with a magnifying glass - how to set a dry leaf on fire!

We had a lovely day all in all.  We all got another one last chance to hold lovely Caleb and spend time with Shelley and Lou.

Marjorie has things well under control.  And we are all so very grateful that she's there to lend a helping hand as long as she can.

Tomorrow we'll head home - today set a record 107 degrees - hotter than it's been since 1952.  I'm not eager for that, but I am eager to get home and finish up the planning and get ready for the Van Sant family reunion.  I'm looking forward to having everyone here fora visit.