We went to the store for 6 balloons and came back with 10. All the ladies of the store kept giving everyone balloons and wishing Bro happy birthday. It was so sweet.
Monday, April 27, 2015
BRO is 6!
Bro turned 6 on Thursday! It was so sweet to stop as a family and give thanks for this son of ours. He is careful and detail-oriented, competitive and justice-focused, extremely silly, and an all around passionate boy. And... he is FAST!
We brought popsicles to Kilometer Kids to share with his teammates, then came home to a dinner of squash-tomato soup with blueberry coffee cake. I always love seeing what the kids are going to choose for their special dinner and dessert :)
We love you, son of our right hand!
We brought popsicles to Kilometer Kids to share with his teammates, then came home to a dinner of squash-tomato soup with blueberry coffee cake. I always love seeing what the kids are going to choose for their special dinner and dessert :)
We love you, son of our right hand!
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Ladybug Eggs
The kids actually saw the ladybugs mating, and then watched them lay the eggs. Then the kids marked the tree with a knife as a sign "not to bother the eggs." Hope all the animals and birds catch the meaning :)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
DC: The National Arboretum
On Saturday the weather significantly warmed back up, so I decided to drive the kids over to the National Arboretum - just on the outskirts of town. They were really craving some green space, and even though the ground was saturated from the rains the day before, they played and played and played in the gardens and open fields.
One cool thing about the arboretum is that a pair of bald eagles are currently nesting in the park. We didn't get to see the actual eagles, but we did get to see their nest (from quite far away).
The kids favorite part of the arboretum was the bonsai house. They couldn't wait to tell Hubry all about the tiny trees so beautifully tended.
One cool thing about the arboretum is that a pair of bald eagles are currently nesting in the park. We didn't get to see the actual eagles, but we did get to see their nest (from quite far away).
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| We waited at this fence a good while to see if the eagles would return to their nest. Alas they did not. |
The entrance to the bonsai room
Songbird practicing her photography skills
"Mom, take a picture of me by this beautiful rock!"
Finally we meandered out to the original columns of the National Capital. The Capital building required new pillars in the mid 1900's, so they eventually decided to move the old ones to a grassy meadow at the National arboretum.
DC: The Museums
On Friday, after the morning snow had subsided, we decided to take a taxi down to the museums (with our double stroller in tow). We did this in part b/c of our miscalculations from the day before, and in part because Songbird had thrown up the night before, and though she was feeling much better she didn't quite feel up to walking. So she got to see the museums from the comfort of the stroller :)
Our first stop was the National Museum of American History. I have been there a few times before and really love it. I love walking through the transportation section and seeing whaling boats and scrimshaw (all things that we read about in Seabird). I love Julia Child's kitchen, and all the real artifacts that real people really used. The kids liked it, too, but they were eager to move on to the next museum which promised dinosaur bones and animal skeletons. So after a couple hours we called it quits and moved next door the the National Museum of Natural History.
I have to admit that it is truly amazing to see so many "stuffed" animals and animal skeletons. We've been going through the Burgess animal book classifying mammals for school this year, and we saw so many of the animals we've been learning about. It was fun to let the kids name the animals they were seeing and to put what they've been learning into practice.
Alas, I forgot the camera on this day, so we only have the pictures from our mind's eye. Since the rain stopped by evening, we ended up walking back to our hotel. It was a much more pleasant walk with all the kids along for the ride.
Our first stop was the National Museum of American History. I have been there a few times before and really love it. I love walking through the transportation section and seeing whaling boats and scrimshaw (all things that we read about in Seabird). I love Julia Child's kitchen, and all the real artifacts that real people really used. The kids liked it, too, but they were eager to move on to the next museum which promised dinosaur bones and animal skeletons. So after a couple hours we called it quits and moved next door the the National Museum of Natural History.
I have to admit that it is truly amazing to see so many "stuffed" animals and animal skeletons. We've been going through the Burgess animal book classifying mammals for school this year, and we saw so many of the animals we've been learning about. It was fun to let the kids name the animals they were seeing and to put what they've been learning into practice.
Alas, I forgot the camera on this day, so we only have the pictures from our mind's eye. Since the rain stopped by evening, we ended up walking back to our hotel. It was a much more pleasant walk with all the kids along for the ride.
DC: The Mall
The day we went to the National Mall was a bit of a miscalculation. We thought it would be nice exercise to walk to the Mall from our hotel, and then walk around and look at all the monuments. The main problem was that it was a 40 minute walk to the Mall, and a lot of walking once we got there, and we had chosen (poorly) to only bring the umbrella stroller with us. After hours of walking, somewhere just past the White House, the kids (and maybe the parents, too), started getting really cranky and tired. But we did end up making it back to the hotel - eventually :)
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| Not the best shot of Hubry, but we didn't take many photos this day, so it made the cut :) |
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| Off in the distance you can see the Washington monument. |
Washington DC: Smithsonian National Zoo
DC is very different from Williamsburg. We were staying in the middle of the city, everything was busy and noisy, and we had to walk through crowds to get to our meals and anywhere else we wanted to go. Hurry and I love walking through crowded cities when it's just the two of us, but it's definitely a bit more stressful with three littles in tow! The kids did an awesome job overall, and aside from one night of throwing up (by our eldest who never gets sick), and one morning of snow, everything went pretty smoothly.
Since all the Smithsonian museums and such are free, we wanted to try and do as many things as possible. Our first day in the city the kids and I went to the zoo. We got there around 11:30, left around 4:30, and aside from a quick lunch break were on our feet walking the entire time. And...we just barely had enough time to see everything. It was very well laid-out, and we especially enjoyed the reptile and bird houses.
Since all the Smithsonian museums and such are free, we wanted to try and do as many things as possible. Our first day in the city the kids and I went to the zoo. We got there around 11:30, left around 4:30, and aside from a quick lunch break were on our feet walking the entire time. And...we just barely had enough time to see everything. It was very well laid-out, and we especially enjoyed the reptile and bird houses.
The next morning in our hotel room we did some nature notebooking, and this was my attempt at a peacock :)
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