My Thursday

Thursday seems so far gone and I can't really remember what we did. Maybe laundry?
Actually, I do remember that I took the kids to the submarine museum in the afternoon. The museum closes at 4 in the winter so we squeezed it in from 3 to 4. I should have allowed more time. Toby ran through the whole thing (with his friend: another kid whose family happened to enter the museum the same time we did) saying, "This is awesome!" and "Wow! This is so cool!"
We went on the tour through the Nautilus, a decommissioned sub-turned-museum that is set up mostly underwater. They have mannequins propped in the various rooms of the sub: cooking in the galley or talking on the radio in the control room. Every time we turned a corner and saw a new one I could feel Norah jump a little in my arms. I think they kind of scared her. Toby ran through most of it, but I could tell he thought it was really cool. The challenge for me was trying to hold Norah while chasing Toby through the tunnels of the sub. Luckily we were the only two families on board so I wasn't too worried about losing him. The next time someone comes to visit we'll have to go there. It's free and really interesting.
Thursday night Toby tucked himself into bed, again, but this time it was right after dinner. He was asleep by 6:45. The last time he fell asleep at 6:45 was probably when he was 9 months old. I hope he's not coming down with something. Norah was in bed by 8:15, so I spent a quiet night home alone.