Paul had Monday off, so we went into DC again.
This time we went to the National Museum of Natural History.
And we saw the Capitol Building on our way there.
Here are a few things we saw while we were there...
A giraffe with it's tongue sticking out...Paul wanted to compare our tongue lengths... : D
Glenn liked this guy's big ears.
Glenn was really excited to see the dinosaurs! We have a Franklin book where Franklin goes to a museum and sees the dinosaurs.
He wanted to pretend he was scared like Franklin was.
We saw some archaeologists at work here...pretty cool.
Then we saw some things for me... ;)
Gems and Stones
The Hope Diamond
Marie Antoinette wore these!
Napoleon gave these to his wife--WOW!
These sure were beautiful! I'm amazed that I had enough time in front of each one to actually take a picture. There were so many people trying to ooh and aah over them.
We then took a lunch break...and of course took pictures.
We then saw an Egyptian mummy and some bones.
We then saw some bugs and such.
Can you believe the size of that spider?! AAAAHHHHHHH!
A cool leaf bug
Some giant grasshoppers
Some other weird leaf bug thing
Glenn got to pretend he was a termite...and made a friend too.
Some bees busy at work...
And a weird beetle and beautiful butterfly
Glenn liked this giant tiger for sale. And while he was sitting there, a teenage girl asked if she could take a picture of him too--she thought he was so cute. :)
Across the way was the Smithsonian Information Center in the Castle. Only Paul and Glenn went in--Glenn needed to use the bathroom.
Paul liked these flowers...and I like his smile. : D
We started to walk back...and took a wrong street. We did get a different view of downtown DC. Isn't this a huge building that goes on forever?!
And as we were just outside the Jefferson Memorial, there was a gentleman there with copies of the Declaration of Independence. He asked if we wanted to put our own signature on it, and Glenn did.
It was a good day at the museum!
3 comments:
It's so cool that you guys can go see all these different places and things! And that spider is disgustingly too big!
I agree with what Kirsta said - both about seeing everything and about the spider being way too big and gross looking...
So much fun stuff to do and see around you guys. I am so jealous. We will have to come and visit you guys sometime :)
When I saw that necklace, I couldn't help but think of the Titanic. I am such a dork!
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