The Walker Family: Tuesdays

Tuesdays are always a fun day at our house. Normally, Reed, Eve, and I go to story time at the library. If you know Reed, you know that he LOVES books and LOVES going to the library. But, Tuesday the 12th was fun for a different reason -- daddy was home!

Tyson was preparing for his pheasant hunting trip (I will see if he will post about the trip later -- I may have to twist his arm or something :) ) and decided to take off Monday and Tuesday to hang out with us before he left! Reed was in heaven! Eve just kept pointing at him and grunting.

Tuesday was also special and fun because we went downtown to the Natural History Museum. Originally, we wanted to go to the top of the Washington Monument since our plans are always foiled when we try to go up there (most recently, we planned to go on December 23rd before the baby was due. Well, Eve had other plans.). But, tickets for the times we wanted were sold out (well, they are free, but there were no more) by the time we got there. Foiled again! So, we had also planned to go to the Natural History Museum, if time allowed.

Tuesday the live Butterfly Exhibit is free instead of $6/person. So, we only go there on Tuesdays. We made it to the museum just in time to see the tarantula feeding (Reed was not scared at all! He was just so interested in the whole thing)! Then, we looked at the other insect cages. Reed has loved this since he was younger than Eve. Eve loved it as well! I think it's because the insects/bugs are alive, so they move around. Also, they make the displays/cages so that little kids can see them. They have one that is under the water so the part that you can see is low enough to the ground that Eve can stand on the ground and see what is going on. Kids and bugs - it always seems to be a big hit. :)

Then, we went in to see the butterflies. There were so many this time! I guess a lot have hatched (is that the proper word?) since the last time that we went. They were flying everywhere, landing on everyone, and just beautiful. Eve was so intrigued! She kept watching the butterflies fly around the room. She would move her head back and forth, point at one and grunt. She was amazed. Reed was a little nervous at first, but got over that when he saw they weren't going to hurt him.

I could stay in for a long time, but it was time to go. We said bye to the butterflies and went over to the dinosaurs. Reed has a dinosaur book, so lately he has really liked dinosaurs. Really, he likes almost everything that you can find in a book, outside, or something you can sing. I have not found too many things that he does not like. Anyways, we wanted to show him the dinosaur skeletons, especially because in the book they go to a museum to see the dinosaur bones. He loves making the dinosaur noises and seeing all the different types. We are working on the names, which he can pretty much say.

Before we knew it, it was time to start going towards the car. So, we said bye to the dinosaurs, Reed and daddy rode the escalator one time, and then we were off. Eve was so exhausted that she fell asleep on the walk to the car. Reed and daddy chased the pigeons through the grass all along our way. (Yuck, I hate pigeons. Rats with wings. But, Reed loves chasing them.) We also stopped by these random fountains of water that we found one day. Reed loves to play in the water. So, he played and played until his pants were soaked and he wanted to take them off. We made it to the car, got our seat belts on, and headed home.

Tuesdays are good days at our house. :) This was a fabulous Tuesday!

The tarantula

This is one of Reed's all-time favorites - watching the water bugs. This is now Eve's favorite as well. Like brother, like sister. :)

Some of my favorites....

I love the colors in this one. :)

Eve was just about pointing when I took the picture, but it turned into "Talk to the hand." She was simply amazed at everything going on when we saw the butterflies.