Dinosaurs, Butterflies and Musicians..Oh My!

It was a busy and eventful weekend, would you expect anything less from us?
As you may or may not know I recently became a mentor; it is like being a Big Brother or Big Sister. I finally got matched with my mentee last week; she is a 13 year old girl who is so cute. Due to confidentiality and what not you don't get to know much about her, but she is awesome. My goal is to do something with her every week for at least an hour. Our first activity was this Saturday and we went to the Science Museum. The program I mentor for received a grant for free tickets, so we were able to get into the museum for nothin'. We also got to see a movie on the IMAX which totally rocked and we went to the Butterfly Exhibit.

I really love dinosaurs, so I was excited for this part of the museum but it was kind of a let down. There were only two full dinosaur skeletons, what is up with that? I hear the Harvard Museum of Natural History has a better exhibit on dinosaurs.

We loved going to the Butterfly exhibit. It is in a greenhouse and there are butterflies flying around everywhere. There are hundreds of them so if you are afraid of things flying at your head, this is not the place to be. It was pretty amazing to get to be so up close to so many of these beautiful insects. It was the highlight of the museum for us both.

We had a really great time at the museum. I think my mentee is getting used to my somewhat spastic personality, and she seems to like me (I think she just likes to get out of the house and do fun stuff). We had some moments where good conversation occurred. I am really excited about the experience to be a mentor, I think it is going to be a lot of fun!
I got back from the museum to see that C had cleaned the house! "Let's hear it for the boys....lets give the boys a hand." Thanks for cleaning the joint up babe, you rock! Really, I told him he had to clean up the house because he invited some of his colleagues from Brandeis over for a BBQ before they left for the summer, and I am a little anal about having a clean house when people come over. He did a great job!

We bought this grill for $40 from a couple leaving the ward a few months ago. We have been dying to bust the thing out and grill some hot dogs and hamburgers. It worked great! I forgot how amazing BBQ'd food tastes! It is a little piece of heaven on earth. It was fun to get all these musicians together, we played a game called, "In the manner of the Adverb" it is an acting game and it was sooooo funny to see these people get out of their comfort zones (sober) and act out some scenes. It was a great time had by all! I am glad C has so many great people to learn from and support him at school.