We met Nancy and the kids at the museum today. Like a psychic “Omigodwhatwillwedoallday” connection, she called at 8am to see what we had going on. There was almost no one in the train area, so the kids ran laps around while Nancy and I stationed ourselves to make sure no one escaped. A nice little old lady gave the kids a tour of the old trolley car. Then we wandered over to natural history area where they were doing a bat presentation. While the little kids weren’t too impressed, Neko was enthralled.
Tonight she re-enacted the entire presentation for me with her stuffed Ugly Dolls—the Ice Bat version. And when it was time for bed, she noted that I hadn’t tucked in the bats. I tried to tuck them under the covers when I got corrected that bats sleep hanging upside down. Our trusty blue tape was called into action, and she tucked them in, hanging from the shelf next to her bed. A little extra tape solved the problem that they just wouldn’t close their eyes.