The Hazard Chronicles

This has been a week of preparation. We have been trying to get everything in order so that things can go smoothly from here on out. That means that we cleaned out the house and car real good (because who knows when we'll be able to do that again), we took out and sorted baby clothes, we figured out sleeping arrangements, and we outfitted the car seats. I think we are ready.

So, now that the work is done, we can just play without having anything to worry about. (That last sentence sounded like something my mom would have said). Yesterday we started the fun by going to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History- AKA the Dinosaur Museum. What an awesome place. It is one of the best dino museums I've been to (not that I have been to that many) and includes some cool educational exhibits for inquiring minds. But wait- there's more. It also features a planetarium, where we saw an "intro to astronomy" show, a stuffed animal (as in taxidermy) museum which Evelyn loved, several geological exhibits, a children's discovery center, and a small zoo. We will definately be back.

Rachel's mom got here yesterday afternoon also. She will be staying with us for nearly a month to help out with the new babies. Tomorrow and Tuesday we will do Labor Day stuff with her and see some of the Cleveland attractions. Then Wednesday is the big day.

Just a random note here: I have really liked having a set time and date for these babies. Besides making it much easier to plan school around, I think it has also made it more exciting. The count down makes it feel sort of like Christmas- you know, we can wake up and say "only 4 more days..."

Also, I need to mention Evelyn here. She is my wonderful, cute, amazing little girl. And her life is about to change as much as ours is, but she has no idea that it is coming. For her it's going to be like a lightening strike out of the blue that suddenly she is sharing all of her time, attention, and space with two little intruders. I have no doubt that she will be a great sister, and I'm looking forward to seeing her with the new babies. All we need to do now is convince her that the babies are actually little people, and not "Gogs" (dogs) like everything else that moves.

Here's out cute little girl. She loves putting underwear on her head and then walking around the house giggling. And yes, she is wearing a dress over her clothes. That was her idea too.


Here are some pictures at the museum. It was really nice that there was glass around most of the exhibits because we could just let Evelyn wander without really worrying about her getting into things.

And here are the girls.