Kickin' it Jersey style

Mike had an interview with Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ this week.  Since the kids were on spring break we decided to all head down and make a trip of it.  Our first stop was in Connecticut at Yale University.  Yale houses the Peabody Museum.  A natural history museum, perfect for our little future paleontologist. 

 There were so many great exhibits.  Dino bones for Griff, a real mummy for Miles, gemstones for Caleigh and Elliot, and Mike and I loved it all.  The temporary exhibit right now is called "Big Food" and it's all about how much food we as Americans eat.  It was such a great tool for teaching our kids about serving sizes, how much sugar is in their drinks, and Mike hoped on a bike and showed the kids how long it took to burn off one carrot stick!

After Yale we headed towards Hackettstown getting in around dinners time. We enjoyed a nice, healthy, dinner and then got to bed early so Mike would be ready for his campus visit and series of interviews.  Centenary is a small private Methodist College (no were not Methodist, but that didn't seem to bother them) The campus is beautiful and feels more like an upscale private high school than college. 

While Mike did his interviews the kids and I drove a short distance across the NJ/PA border to Easton Pennsylvania.  Our destinations was the Crayola Experience. A four-story discover center/museum all dedicated to Crayola.  Writing on walls was heavily encouraged.  The kids had so much fun, we sat and colored, gathered crayons for our empty crayon boxes they gave us, drew on the floor with chalk, and watched a live demonstration about how crayons and markers are made.   

Everyone had a great time, and we could have stayed there all day!  We grabbed some quick lunch at subway and headed back to NJ to grab Mike and head home.



Mike said the interview went really well, and the area was rural feeling, but with all my favorite stores so...we'll see if they make an offer to Mike.  It would be a great option, and right now we are keeping all of our options open...