On Tuesday I took the children to the newly renovated Carolinas Aviation Museum.
To my local friends, I'll note that it is arranged beautifully now but I think it is of most interest to older children than ours. John at six was quite interested, but would have had an even better time going alone with a father or grandfather instead of with me when I had to spend most of my time shepherding younger children who couldn't observe much more than that such-and-so plane was really big. At least the ticket cost was for children ages five and above, so I bought only two tickets.
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| Snack time on the active flight strip |
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| The "Miracle on the Hudson" airplane! John can now tell you many details, down to the minutes, height in feet, and airport names about this event. |
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| Mary as warrior girl |
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| Sitting in a real airplane as we were given a tour |
Guide: "And what is your name?"
"Mary."
Guide: "Mary was my mother's name! And what is your brother's name?"
"John."
Guide: "John was my father's name!"
"And her name is Margaret."
Guide: "Margaret was my aunt's name!"
"And his name is Joseph."
Guide: "Joseph was my uncle's name!"
I was in stitches by then and I remarked that they were all good and common Catholic names.
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| The lounge area in this airplane from the 1950s |
what a cool lounge area on that plane!
ReplyDeletei'm surprised you don't run into lots of catholic families with matching names. when we had our first catholic baby we named her Christina because almost all the Catholic families we knew had a Christina or two. :) We figured it was a requirement. Maybe one of your next girls? :)