Well, we went on a little “mini-vacation”, I guess you could say, just yesterday.  It wasn’t even a weekend or long weekend, but a day-trip to a city which takes about an hour and a half to drive to from here.  Katrina had been begging us to go to a science center, like the ones we typically see when we’re on vacation, out of town.  Even though there’s one in our own locale, we’ve never been to it, because we’ve been told it is quite small & not as spectacular in comparison to ones in other cities.  So, we planned the day to go to one we’d been to & enjoyed before.  It was really a great day for it, too.  It was one of the hottest days of the summer, so being indoors was a “perfect” plan.  We all enjoyed it, especially Kat, who couldn’t get over all the things there were to see & do.  There is a Planetarium, where we saw a brief show about the night’s sky, and we saw a show about explosions in their auditorium, as well.  They had remodeled part of it, since we’d been there, last, adding some cool new play areas for the kids.  Most of it was too big for Alyssa, just yet, but she enjoyed riding around in her stroller.  She didn’t take but a really short nap during the day, inside the planetarium, when everything was dark.  The rest of the time, we thought she’d get tired & “pass out” at any moment, but she was just so alert, not wanting to miss a thing!  She especially loved seeing the “choo-choos” – a display of model trains, going around a little city.  We all had a great time, though!  It was a wonderful getaway & something fun to do as a family!