Chloe's Brownie Troop had a sleepover at the DiscoveryCenter in Murphreesboro on Friday night. This was her first major outing since her surgery, so we didn't actually sleep over. We left at "lights out" (which she was NOT happy about). She was asleep before we hit the interstate.
We have 18 girls in our troop, and it can be...interesting at times. Fortunately for the city of Murphreesboro, the girls were locked in the building. We were the only troop there, so the girls had the run of the museum.
There were two college age girls in charge. I must say, they were very patient. They helped the troop make pizza's for dinner, make puppets and put on several (and I do mean several) different puppet shows.
Here's a pic of Chloe and her sock puppet named Chili. Chili was in the skit about fire safety. She reminded us that in case of a fire, we should "stop, drop and drop. Just drop!".
If you need any Girl Scout Cookies (who doesn't need Girl Scout cookies?) , email me. I will deliver in and around Nashville.
Due to all of the excitement of the past few months, we felt like the kids were in need of some good old fashioned quality family time.
A few years ago, we started Exploring. There are two ways to Explore.
One: We all load into the car and the kids take turns saying left or right, stay on (the interstate) or exit, until we end up at some interesting place. This mode of Exploring has led us to some really cool places. For example, the Shaker Museum in Kentucky.
On this particular adventure, we also found an Octagonal shaped house that was used in the Civil War as a Confederate lookout, and had ice cream at a dairy barn that was hosting an antique tractor pull.
The other way to Explore is to find a destination in a book or on the web and then find and do all of the historic and/or interesting things you find en route. Using this method, we have found several different waterfalls, museums, and festivals.
Saturday morning, we packed a picnic lunch and headed up the Natchez Trace Parkway in search of Merriwether Lewis' burial site.
We stopped at Loveless Cafe for breakfast but left for Shoney's when we found out that there was a 90 minute wait.
After breakfast, we spent the day wandering along the trace.
On the way home, thanks to the handy dandy navigation device, we discovered that we were only 20 minutes away from here:
We love to watch "Unwrapped" on the Food Channel. This place was featured on a show about Soda Fountains. We ate there a few years ago, and it was tasty. The kids were super excited when they realized where we were.
Here are a few pics from our day...
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