Day 3.277: I must be kidding!

Exile #2 had an appointment this morning, so I hung out at home long enough to see the girls onto their bus and then took E5N1 to 'school' down the road before heading off to work.

It was fun. And a little strange.

Caption suggestions anyone?

Day 3.276: Look what's falling now!

It's not even the middle of Autumn/Fall. This is what should be falling about now:

(This was in the Penguin enclosure at the zoo in Binghampton - I rather like it.  I caused some confusion I think as everyone assumed I'd spotted something a bit more full of life in the water when I was taking it!)

However, this is today's forecast for a town about 50 miles away from here:

Do you see that? SNOW!  Seriously?  Give it until November at least!

Day 3.275: Fall, falls

On Sunday, after driving from Binghampton to Ithaca, we visited Buttermilk Falls site of one of my favourite blog post title puns. There was a lot more water coming down them (something of a theme recently huh?) during this autumnal visit than was the case two years and 40 days ago, and I think you can see how they got their name.

Day 3.274: Sciencenter

After our urgent-care visit in Ithaca last night, we were all feeling relatively well this morning, so we were at Sciencenter waiting for it to open at 10 am and had a great couple of hours there.  We could easily have stayed much longer!

It is very much in the same mould as the Montshire Museum.  In summary, if you're in the Ithaca area with an excuse (probably in the form of a child or two) go and have fun discovering!

Here is a little montage of clips about sound from our time in the outdoor section of the Sciencenter this morning:



We had a rather nice three hour drive home. The first section was spectacular thanks to the Fall colours and we are happy to be back and relatively well (for now at least!)

Day 3.273: An urgent discovery

I took this photo this morning because Exile #4 and her Nan looked like two peas in a pod.  However, it turns out that our middle child has been centre-stage today.

If you were watching my twitter feed yesterday, you would know that we were in two-minds about even leaving on this trip because E5N1 was unwell.  Well, just when we thought we had gambled and won, last night Exile #4 woke twice complaining of earache.  She seemed better this morning and spent most of the day doing OK - if a little floppier than usual.

However, late this afternoon she started getting worse and developed a fever.  So - we were wondering what to do.  We are away from home and have a child with a fever at 6pm on a Sunday night.  So, we called the insurance company - who told us to go to the Emergency Room.

We ignored their advice and searched for urgent care centers in this town instead.  I'm glad we did - she was in and out in about an hour and a half with syringed ears, a  diagnosis, a dose of antibiotic and a prescription to pick up tomorrow.  We had a late dinner, and now she is in bed - hopefully we can manage one more visit to make the most of the travelling hours before we have to repeat them on the way home.

If you are puzzling over yesterday's clue to our location - we have moved now, but the title was a clue - and relates to longevity. I'll give you another chance. Here's a picture of us all from outside the hotel there this morning - it was quite cold!