SCIENCE WEEK!

Anthony and I just completed "Science Week".  Lucy was in gymnastics camp, so I tried to plan fun seven-year old stuff for a budding scientist.  We were so busy we didn't even get to some of the plans.  Well, I'm sure we will eventually!

My thrice weekly water aerobics class at The Edge is not exactly science, but it was great fun now that Anthony is a fish, or at least swims like one.  Thanks to instructor Renee Allen for taking our photo!

On to Healthy Living where I try to try to follow my son's instructions and have a veggie juice cocktail several times a week.  Spinach, carrot and ginger - yum.

Both Anthony and Lucy are great eaters and fairly adventurous.  There's always something delicious and healthful to load their plates with and, yes, they eat it all.

On Monday we read a book about apes and played cards with Grandpa who had the day off, pasted pictures of birds onto a journal Anthony will use at Audubon bird camp next week and played with the dogs.

Tuesday we went to St. Johnsbury to visit the Fairbanks Museum of Natural Science, right downtown.  We listened to Stuart Little in the car which made for a very nice drive.

The museum was fascinating.  A huge collection of wild animals (beautiful taxidermy work) kept us busy, along with many other interactive exhibits and the planetarium with at look at the July night sky.  This little museum is a gem and, if you live in Vermont and have never visited, get going!  Besides the great exhibits, there was a lovely little shaded picnic area right out the back door.  We are definitely going back someday soon.

I decided not to take my camera along on several of our outings so I could just 'be' there, not snapping away all the time.  This is unlike me, as you know, but I do take some flak for always living through the lens.  The bird photo on the left is from the Museum Web page.

After "Bubble Class" at The Edge on Wednesday we took a trip to one of our favorite haunts, The Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington.  Another hidden gem!  We said hello to Mr. Bob Spear, the founder and carver who's 92 and still working on new bird carvings every day.  Anthony made some notes of the birds he liked best that day, including the Cardinal and the Peregrine Falcon.  Raptors seem to be a favorite category at the moment.

Thursday brought at trip to The ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington (how lucky are we to have so many great places to take kids around here?)  We love to watch the turtles, eels, frogs and fish, including one huge huge sturgeon Anthony and Lucy call "the King".  For kids who are so into animals and fish, it's a wonderful morning outing.  Buy a family pass and you can drop in any time, all year long.  Do I sound like a spokesperson?  Well, I think it's a bargain and kids love it!

Friday was a big day.  As you may have heard, Anthony broke his wrist about a month ago and has been sporting a neon green cast.  It came off Friday, replaced by a wrist brace.



This procedure worked out well as part of "Science Week".  All the adults connected with Anthony spend a lot of time answering more and more complex questions and the whole cast and broken bone scenario was a great topic.