Fun Family Friday!!

At the pub. Mike is hot and tired while Veronica has just woken up from her nap
and is happily munching away on bread.

Veronica taking Yuri to physio

Oh my what a day it has been! Yesterday Mike called me all excited at the end of the day to let me know that because everyone had worked so well all week and since Yuri was going on Vacation (camping in Moscow) everyone could take Friday off!! Earlier that day I was in their labs current experiment. I wish they had taken a picture because I was strapped into a contraption sideways. My legs were strapped to a movable exoskeleton and then I 'walked' with my hands on a treadmill positioned above my head... hmmmm... that is all I can say about that. It was interesting.

Back to today. I had found a museum for children and thought it might be fun to take Veronica. It is also in the historic centre so I thought we could go for a meal either before or after. There are specific blocks of times you are supposed to go to. We decided on the 3 pm time. So at 2 pm we head to the bus and go into town only to discover the metro closed... ok... we finally catch a bus to the termini and wander through the maze of underground to the right metro and make it to the museum 45 minutes late. Since we were so late we only had 1 hour to play but got to pay less. We go in and it was not exactly how we pictured it.

There were a bunch of different areas with children sized rooms - kitchens - a post office - a bank - a garden (Veronica enjoyed picking carrots!!) but we ended up in the Bambini area and immediately Veronica is very taken with the slide. She spent most of her time stomping up and down the ramps and trying to climb the slide. She did manage to climb once but slid down backwards on her belly alot :) We met another English woman and her 21 month old daughter Victoria. The hour passed very quickly.

Veronica picking out her drink of choice

Once we left it only took a couple of blocks for Veronica to pass out in her stroller. Mike and I continued to walk and wander around the streets taking in the sights and searching for a pub. Mike was determined to get a nice beer. We eventually found one and sat down on their patio. I had English cider and Mike beer. We split a greek salad and a cheeseburger. And then had coffee with Baileys.. YUM!

Once our meal was over we found a bus to take us where we wanted to go so we would not have to navigate the horrible metro, and started our journey home. Once home Veronica devoured 3.5 jars of baby food, had a big poop and is now being bathed and dressed for bed. She was so good all day and I think she really enjoyed playing at the museum. She was pretty funny at the end following Victoria around and trying to play with her pigtails!

It was a very nice day with ups and downs - downs trying to get there with all the metros closed and packed stinky hot buses - but it was a lovely family day and I feel so lucky to have Mike and Veronica!