The Bonney's take on Ottawa - Tuesday

Today was a great day.

James went off to work, and the boys and I got ready to head over to the museum of nature.  It was a slow walk, as there was some construction going on along the way and obviously we had to spend some time watching the diggers work.

Once we finally arrived at the museum, we headed straight for the dinosaur exhibit.  Drew's first words once we entered the doors were, "mom, this place is awesome".  There was lots to see and explore and we covered every inch of that exhibit.

This was to depict how life was once the dinosaurs were killed off and the mammals took over the world.  If you look closely, you'll see mice running over the t-rex's skull.

There was a preschooler activity zone on one of the upper floors, where the boys explored some shells and got to make a book mark.

 After a quick cookie snack in the cafeteria we headed to the water exhibit where they have a giant blue whale skeleton on display.  It is seriously impressive, you don't realize how big those things are until you are standing right next to it.  Crazy.

The boys were much more impressed with the mock-up of the submarine with working buttons and such for them to play with.  We had plans to meet James for lunch at 12, so I dragged them out of the museum kicking and screaming.  Seriously...who knew my kids would love museums so much!?!?!

We met James at the Fox and Fiddle pub, which was right around the corner from our hotel (how convenient!).  Our lunches were delicious (Hunter slept through the entire thing) as were our drinks...;)

After that, James was back to work and the boys and I headed back to our room for some R and R.  The afternoon was spent swimming and playing in both the indoor and outdoor playgrounds.  Soon enough, James came walking through the door.  I LOVE this arrangement....day shift rocks!

Another short walk found us at the Fox and Fiddle for dinner (did I mention we loved this place?).  This time we sat on the rooftop patio, where Drew had a bird's eye view of "sugar mountain".  This was our next destination for dessert....a pile of jelly beans and gummy candies later and we were strolling down by the Rideau Canal.

The boys busy at work waiting for their dinner.

"I'm not sure which to choose, there are so many yummy things!"

Drew and Hunter were excited to see the locks, which were eventually upstaged by a gopher and his hole in the side of the hill.  Too funny.

A long walk back home, broken up by a stop at a coffee shop for smoothies and brownies, and we were back.

Flash back to James in university...lol...

 Drew and James headed for yet another swim while I attempted to put H down for the night.  He would have NOTHING to do with sleeping, and an hour later he was still wide awake.  This was the pre-curser to the night from hell.  He was up most of the night.  I eventually brought him out to the living room area and pulled out the pull-out couch.  I think I got a few minutes of sleep.

I'm not sure I mentioned, but H has this nasty rash all over his stomach and back now.  It's literally covering him.  I did some frantic google searches and think that he has Roseola aka the 3 day fever.  It's characterized by a sudden onset, high fever, which when it drops, results in a rash.

Poor little man.