Whirlwind

I can't believe I am already behind, I just started last week!  Last Sunday we had a crazy fun day.  After church the kids headed to the Museum of Science downtown with Danielle for the 'Animal Grossology' exhibit, it couldn't have been more perfectly tailored for my children.  Lily Gray wants to be a veterinarian one day and loves every thing about animals, the exhibit was home to her.  She learned all about the weird gross things animals do that no one really knows about. Example, did you know that male frogs swallow the female frogs eggs just before the hatch and they belch out the babies?  Or one of Lily Gray's favorites, that a tape worm can grow up to 60 feet inside a human intestine.  Stephen loved the exhibit too, all the the animals were interactive, talking and moving all over the place, he was so entertained.  Thankfully the exhibit wasn't very crowded on a Sunday afternoon so it was easy for Stephen to move around and get right in the middle of everything.  The kids had such a great time that we had to get the 'Animal Grossology' book to learn more cool facts about animals.  

Learning about the 4 stomachs of a cow and how cows fart

One of the many talking animals, this bugs was telling us all about dung beetles

Learning why cats cough up hairball (because their digestive tract is too small for it to pass all the way through)

Playing the match the poop to the animal game, Stephen favorite! :)

All in all, the kids had a fabulous time at the museum!  After they got home we quickly bathed and feed the kids so we could head back to church to package meals for Stop Hunger Now.  The children's department was in charge of packaging the meals and we thought it would be a great family activity for everyone to participate in.   Stephen was such a trooper, having a busy day already running on little sleep, getting close to bed time and being in a crowded room with tons of kids he managed to help package hundreds of meals before giving out.  Lily Gray and one of her best buddies Avery were at the same station with Stephen. Avery's job was to poor in the rice, Stephen put the vitamins in and Lily Gray finished off the packages with a scoop of veggies. The kids did such a great job!  Lily Gray's favorite part about the whole experience was getting a hairnet, every night since then she was worn her hairnet at night while she reads! :) 

Lily Gray pouring the serving of freeze dried veggies 

Sweet Avery helping package

Team work

love.