Summer finally comes to a close and I can breathe again. I love September very much. It brings me all kinds of peace. My calendar is as full as ever, but I actually have moments during the day when I complete full thoughts. We did have one last hurrah before school started, though….
(Me x 1 Excedrin) + 6 kids + 90º = a great day at the Montshire Museum of Science. On the last day of August, we drove an hour and a half to the border of VT/NH to visit one of our favorite Vermont museums. It’s a great little spot with tons of walking trails, a small science museum, and a water play area (in the summer). We saw live baby turtles, shaped sand dunes with sound waves, watched leaf-cutter ants and honey bees at work, chanted famous Shakespeare lines over a pot of fog, had bubble races through liquids of varying viscosity, and enjoyed the cool outdoor waterfall.
I might even venture to say that it was the perfect transitional day from summer fun to going back to school. It certainly was for me.
Thirty Marens Agree 
That looks like a fantastic place to visit. Next time I go to Vermont, I’m there.
That looks really fun. And the picture of Sonja looks very “toil and trouble.”
Why did you have 6 kids? I may be dumb, but I’m slow.
Also. You are amazing. I will never know if my favorite museum is 1 1/2 hours away because I will never drive that far to find out. OK, maybe in a few years I might. But it seems like I never will. I love what a great transitional day that sounds like.
6 kids because we took two friends. It’s a shame about the distance, but that’s part of life in a rural state. That’s about how far the Baltimore Aquarium is from you if the traffic’s just right. Only we were on winding mountain roads.