Endings and Beginnings

When Avery was about 18 months old (or thereabouts) we got our first annual membership to the children's museum in our town. In those preschool years we went there 2-3 times a week, especially in the winter. As the girls got older and started school, it was still a favorite place to head after morning Kindergarten or on the weekends with Daddy. At just the right time (for us), the museum added some huge new areas and "grew" along with my girls. This museum has been a memory-maker and marker in our family's life -- the beginning years of motherhood, parenting, and family outings.

Here are some pictures from earlier years at the children's museum:

Annual Halloween party with Mother Goose (Avery is 5 and Ella is 3):

Ella has always been into the craft areas!

One History Place...

Sadly (to me!), September 2009 marks the ending of that phase of life. Last Friday, we visited the museum as a family -- most likely the last time we will use our membership before it expires this month. I cried off and on throughout our afternoon. The rest of my family just acted like it was no big deal (imagine that!).

Pictures from our "final" visit to the museum:

Eric said, "It's not like you're never going to come here again". To which I responded, "Yeah, but we won't be members. It's not the same!"

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven" Ecclesiastes 3:1