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Happenings and musings from the Johnston family







Saturday, May 19, 2012

Earth Day Field Trip to the Brandywine Zoo

 On Earth Day, we went with our playgroup to the Brandywine Zoo for their Earth Day celebrations. It had been a really long and difficult week, but it was a beautiful day and I'm really glad we went. Owen and Liam had a blast! It was all about bats, so they got to make their own bat puppets and hats and walk through a bat cave. Their favorite part of all was the tiger!

David's class at school planted a tree on Earth Day and they did all sorts of activities with plants and also they learned how to recycle and take care of our planet. A fun day for all!








Trip to Washington D.C.

 Over David's Spring break, we headed to Washington DC to see the Smithsonian museums...we went to the Museum of Natural History to see the dinosaurs and the Air and Space museum. It was a beautiful Spring day and we enjoyed walking around the Mall and having a picnic lunch. The boys loved the museums and David wanted to stop and read EVERY SINGLE sign about the exhibits. :) He is like a sponge just soaking up all the information. He really does love to learn about so many different things and it was really fun to see him experience DC. Dave, ever the US history buff, gave a little lesson on the car ride down about our government and our capital. David and Owen loved hearing their Dad tell them all about our country. Our first stop was to see the dinosaurs. They have a T-Rex!!! The boys were thrilled and since David knows much, much more than I do about dinosaurs, he acted as our tour guide throughout all the different kinds. :) We had a really fun day and Liam even took a nap in the stroller (MIRACLE!) when we were in the air and space museum. Owen is really into airplanes and space right now, so he especially loved seeing all the planets and the airplanes. What a fun day! I love that we are only a couple of hours away from a mostly free fun family trip! :)
 the mighty T-Rex!


 Yes, they are feeding Liam to the dinosaur...hahaha.




 Our picnic lunch













Liam's 2nd Birthday

Liam's 2nd birthday started with birthday pancakes and cupcakes with our friends. A few days later, we celebrated with Dave's family both Liam's birthday and our nephew Brendon's birthday. It was so much fun and the kids had a blast running around with their uncles and cousins playing football and baseball. Liam loved his Pooh cake and it was really sweet watching him as we sang happy birthday. He loved it! He still loves Pooh so much! :)
Poor Liam had to get stitches the day before his party. :(


Happy Birthday Brendon and Liam!










 I just love these kids!