American Museum of Natural History

Today we went to the history museum.  Finn's first stop is always the gift shop.  

 That is us trying to get a photo.  Didn't work out. Finn wanted to get up on the exhibit.  The other shots are all of me telling him no.

 Here are just a lot of pictures of exhibits and such...

 Here are some sacred Buddhists texts in Sanskirt.

 This is a Chinese wedding cart.  The bride rides away from her family in the groom's family cart.  She is veiled and the groom has usually never seen her before.

 This is a huge, old tree stump. It was cut down in 1891 I believe.

 This is your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great.....grandfather.  Very handsome.

 This wing of the museum was so interesting.

 Finn was playing learning about music.  And Neanderthals...

 Minerals and gems...

 Yesterday I was asking Tosh when NYC turned into a stroller brigade.  There is way more Toddler and the City than Sex and the City.  Everyone we pass has a stroller built for two.  This has been very nice.  It has been nice to go to parks and places and see other three year olds acting like three year olds.  It is nice to hear the stompings of children above our heads in the apartment because it makes me feel less bad about housing a galloping horse in this apartment.

There was an episode of Myth Busters where they tested the "bull in the china closet" claim.  It was debunked as the bull broke nothing and acted really calm, surprisingly. Since "bull in the china closet" is a misnomer maybe we should instead call it "Finn in an NYC apartment."  He is adjusting well but the first couple of days I started to think the smaller and quieter the space he was in, the more likely he was to act like a maniac. He is getting better and I am starting to care less, so by tomorrow we should reach a middle ground.