Today, we slept in until about 9:30 and had a leisurely morning. Once we got motivated, we hopped in the car and went to the Tellus Science Museum. It's been on my to-do list for some time, and today was perfect. Hardly a soul there. They have a great minerals hall; dinosaur hall; science of movement hall; kid room; and panning for gems and dino bits center. Of course, the latter was the overall hit.
The minerals were neat b/c they were mostly from GA, and there were some really interesting shapes, colors, and textures for the kids to compare. We also talked about volcanoes (Mt St Helens, specifically) erupting and all the ash. The kids center had a weather station, so we read a bunch of the climate reports and wondered if we'd have all those at school too. They also have a solar house and a wind turbine to walk around and some really big construction-type trucks (not sure what that was about). We were there for about 4 hrs, so I think it was a success.
The kids scarfed up an entire container of 'cotton' (aka cottage) cheese and a whole acorn squash (meat wasn't as big of a hit) at dinner tonight. ha.
There is no such think as Indigenous People's Day. If they want their own day, go ahead and request it like every other interest group. I suggest they get February 29.
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