Oh No Albuquerque!

    •Wow, another post so soon?  How much could there be to say?  How much fun could we be having?      •We left Amarillo, TX on Nov 3 and drove to Albuquerque, NM.  We went to the Natural History Museum and it was very interesting.  I got to hold an albino snake, Hanna liked it but didn't want to hold it.   They also had Dinosaur exhibits and Space exhibits.  It was really cool!  Hanna and Jake had a lot of fun- Me too!

Hanna loved touching the dino skin- interesting texture.

We also went to Explora, the hands on children's science museum.  I thought we would be there only an hour but we were there three!  Hanna thought it was great but so did Jake!

  Jake got to ride a bicycle backwards on a wire one story up- very exciting.  He got weighed so the bike could be properly counter-balanced so it wouldn't flip over. 
It looked like he was in the circus!  Fun!

   •We also went to the Albuquerque Rattlesnake Museum.  Hanna was super excited because she LOVES Craig Ferguson and he mentions this place all the time.  It's where he got his snake cup that he drinks out of on the show.  It's like we found the Holy Grail! She was squeeling and jumping up and down!  The guy behind the counter was really nice to her.  He couldn't believe how excited she was.  She bought the mug and a hat.  She is thinking if she can get in to see the show in LA, Craig will see her hat and ask her up on stage.  She wants to be a late night talk show host.

     •On Friday, 6 Nov. we went to the Albuquerque Art Museum.  It was really great.  We had a good time until we left.  As soon as we got to the car we knew something was WRONG.

 This is the right passenger back seat window on the ground next to the car.

This is Hanna and Officer Hsu(shoe).  He was super during our VERY stressful afternoon.  We decided to have a Forensic Science class instead of freaking out (some more).  We were already pretty upset because the thief got away with a bag of stuff from each of us.  Jake was the hardest hit.  His bag had his LEGO stuff, Camera, Watch, and Apple headphones in it.  Hanna lost a Flip beanie baby, blanket, and Stainless Steel water bottle.  The only thing of any value( to me) I lost, was my fabric bag from Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.  The kids were troupers.  Jake helped out by calling around on his iphone to glass replacement places.  He found one that could do it right then, so we went over.  It was in a little bit of a scary neighborhood, but the people were really nice and did a great job.  I really wanted to have it done right away because we had to drive on the freeway to get home and I was worried about Hanna in the back seat.
     •We left ABQ as soon as we could, on Sun 8 Nov. and drove to Holbrook, AZ .  We stopped here for 3 nights so we could go to the Petrified Forest/Painted Desert National Park.  We loved it!  When Jake was 3, we drove through it when we drove from Calgary, Alberta to Corpus Christi TX. 

Well, that is our update for now.   :) Julie