Princeton!!!!!! Prince! Ton!!!!

It happened. We DID it. We went to Princeton University yesterday. No one can say that we aren't do-ers. We did! They can definitely say we are the worst kind of procrastinators. They can also say we are terrible whiner and entirely too loud for our own good, but that's a whole different conversation.

 Spot the Gwen! On the stairs in the pink coat.

Beautiful cathedral.

An auditorium. That was locked because they heard we were coming.

And next--a sculpture by Picasso. I know that because I'm a mega artsy intellectual. Also, there was a plaque.

Why is Gwen the only kid in these photos? Oh that's right, she was the only person excited to be there (besides me) and ran ahead. Big open spaces to run around? That has Gwen's name written all over it.

We stumbled across a circle of animal statues staring at each other. I was VERY proud of myself because I realized that they were the Chinese Zodiac animals (withOUT looking it up). Each member of our family took a picture with their animal.

Beck was born in the year of the pig.

And the only thing worse than a pig--my year, the rat. Here I am impersonating a rat. I've studied a lot of Chuck E. Cheese in my time.

Harris's is the rooster. He did not want to take this picture. Or do anything with this trip. Until we stopped for ice cream at the end.

Dan hit his head on the rooster sculpture.

Dan was born in the year of the rabbit.

And June was the year of the DRAGON. She's very excited about this.

And Gwen was born in the year of the horse.

And here's some tomfoolery that I'm sure isn't allowed.

And we stopped at the library to use the bathroom, but never was there a better bathroom trip because we stumbled across the children's library, and it was awesome.

Puppet show!

More I Spy games. Spot the Harris and the Gwen in the window of the treehouse.

The final verdict? I loved it and am so glad we went. Dan? He says he's glad he went because it made me happy. Womp womp. Dan likes to look at a pretty building now and again but just walking around is not his thing. He wants a museum to go through. Walking around aimlessly is pretty much everything I am.

The kids? Loved the children's museum and loved the ice cream (not pictured) though there was much fighting over said ice cream, and of course an entire scoop ended up on the sidewalk. It was really good ice cream and I just wanted to lap it up off the ground but we were at Princeton University with all of the smarties, so I just blended.

Dan and I also went to IKEA and bought some stuff for our new house. The kids needed dressers and some other things. He did most of the work, and I documented said work.

And Harris put both of his legs in one pant hole and got stuck. "Mer-man!"

Sunday photo: In front of the house. Our last Sunday in this house. Our last Sunday in New Jersey.

And just for funsies, Harris attended primary today. He really has one year left of nursery. But this was too cute.

He's raising his hand to volunteer to read something. That would have been reallll special.

This week: Goodbye New Jersey and Hello Pennsylvania!

The End.