Our month of craziness is officially over.  We have had a very busy month of trips to Cypress Hills, Sask Landing,  visiting, dentist appointments, soccer, etc.  We have decided, though, that a person cannot go through this kind of pace two months in a row, so we are staying home for the most part in July.  I am looking forward to it with baited breath.

     The highlight of our month came on Sunday when we went to the Science Center in Regina.  We went with friends of ours.  We had a blast!   We had been to the Center once before when Missy was a baby so that was about 5 yrs. ago.  We had a great time then but the two older children were so young that they were limited in their level of enjoyment.  This time, though, we enjoyed all of the exhibits to the max.

     Right now, the Science Centre has a Magic School Bus exhibit on weather.  It was awesome.  There was a television camera there in which Mia shined in giving the weather.  There were many different stations to explain the various phenomena of weather.

    There was a also a hockey exhibit,  a bubble station (we stayed here a very long time) and an animal habitat room.  We stayed in this room the longest.  I think we were in this room a half an hour.  There were video games to play with regards to the frog (this was a favourite amongst my kids.)  There were a few puzzles with bird calls and animal scat (poop--they will make puzzles out of anything these days.)  There was also a neat playroom for Mia.  We went there to recuperate while the older people stayed in the hockey room trying to regain the glory of their youth.

     After the Science Centre,  we made a stop at Chapters book store.  This is my favourite store in the world.  In this book store,  it is okay to read the books while you are in the store.  Our friends dropped off me and the kids at the store and they went to do some errands of their own.  The kids played with the in-store train set while I wallowed in the childrens book selections.  I was deliriously happy.  What added to my happiness was the knowledge that there was a  Buy Three Books, Get One Free  sale going on during that week. 

     I came away with a stack of wonderful chapter books for children.  I really like the Regina Chapters.  They have an amazing children section.  There were many books there that you kind find anywhere else, unless maybe a really good homeschool resource store.  I bought books from these authors:  Jerry Spinelli,  Elizabeth Enright,  Edward Eager,  E.L Konigsburg, to name a few.  I was quite happy with my purchases.

     The day was a total success.  My kids had much fun with my friends kids as well as running through the Science Centre.  I had fun in the book store, visiting with my friend and watching my children run through the Science Centre.  What is more,  I had always been under the assumption that the centre was a hard place to drive to.  I am not a city driver.  I was sure that I would get lost in driving to the centre.  Well, it is the easiest place to find, as is Chapters.  You know what that means:   more trips to the science centre and the book store.  Oh, what bliss!

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