Anniversary date.

To celebrate our 12 year anniversary, Ben surprised me with a date during the day. We dropped the boys off at a friend's house and headed to the NC Museum of Art. Ben had originally planned a bike ride from there to a lunch spot but it was pouring rain. So we walked around the museum instead, at a nice leisurely pace, something that is hard to do with kids. We also had the place to ourselves which was fun. We went to a new restaurant in Raleigh for lunch, P.G. Werth's and the food was delicious. We made one final stop at the Yellow Dog Bread Company for a treat. They had the most delicious pecan sticky buns. Art museum plus yummy food made for the perfect date.

Art in Bloom

The Art in Bloom exhibit at the NC Museum of Art was fantastic. There were over 40 floral interpretations of works of art in the museum. It was so fun to see how different people had interpreted the art and represented their ideas with flowers. I loved seeing so many different varieties of flowers. It was the perfect way to celebrate the start of spring. The boys were pretty patient as we made our way through the crowds but they especially loved walking around the sculpture gardens afterward, which we had to ourselves.

We made a stop at Boulted Bread and tried some of their pastries. Their chocolate croissant was amazing and possibly the best I've had. Everything we tried was delicious.