While money woes have some New Yorkers opting out of summer travel in favor of enjoying their own city, Lili, Simone and Shelton's Friday field trip to the American Museum of Natural History was motivated by good old-fashioned toddler curiosity. With Lev and Shayna still away at Grandma's house, Gayla and Amy took advantage of the fantastic student to teacher ratio and headed uptown on the C train, bound for 81st Street and dinosaur bones aplenty!
After a morning learning about sea life as they dodged the giant whale and octopus hanging from the ceiling, the group headed outside for an authentic New York City picnic lunch, including people-watching from 77th Street, while Shelton gave in to to good health and nestled into Amy's back for an afternoon nap.
With full bellies and fuller minds, the Explorers Club traversed the rest of the museum, stopping on the way out to make souvenir pennies in the gift shop. That T-Rex looked much friendlier scaled down to penny size than he did up close and personal in the dinosaur wing, where the group learned that despite previous thoughts to the contrary, the T-Rex did not walk upright on two legs, but rather hunched over (In a similar fashion to Amy and Gayla were as they took turns carrying Shelton in her baby backpack!)
Having heard all about the delicious treats that the campers enjoyed during their Whole Foods Market tour, Lili and Simone were eager to try some organic fare of their own. A detour to the Union Square Green Market on the way back to Brooklyn was just the ticket: The girls enjoyed fresh local peaches and heirloom tomatoes, and washed it down with a sip of cool water and a chocolaty, cakey brownie, fresh-baked by one of the vendors at the Green Market! Supporting local farms sure can be yummy work!
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