Earth Day Fun

So yesterday Rob and I were talking about what to do with the kids for the day. It had been awhile since we'd been to the Science museum and decided to take them there for a "quick trip."

Before we left Rob got online and it was the Earth Day Celebration weekend. There were celebrations all over in Cary, and at various locations in Raleigh. We decided to still hit celebration at the Science Museum. And Rob decided not to take the camera. So no photos documenting our day.

First we went and Beth made a binary birthday necklace. Not sure what that had to do with Earth Day, but she had fun.
Caleb made some 'noculars while Beth was doing that.

Then we headed over to the drum making area. The kids made some kind of shakers, and then we went to the trash band drum circle and joined in. It was a lot of fun. The kids really enjoyed it. There was a moment when everything just kind of took off and it sounded awesome, with everyone doing there own thing. I'd never been in a drum circle before and I can see the appeal.

Then there was a parade full of stuff made from Trash, and a Chinese Dragon made from trash and all these weird symbol people puppet things. Anyway the parade ended with some kind of political talk that everybody wandered away from before it was finished. The kids quit the parade before that because Caleb's sugar was low. And man he was in breakdown mode.

We fixed it with Locopops. They had Cookies and Cream, but we were out of money, so Rob and I didn't have one. Don't worry Rob stopped at the store on the way home and got himself a boisenberry and lemon one. (I don't know how to spell boisenberry, and I'm too lazy to figure it out right now.) There's a cool story behind these special pops, but I'll let Rob share it some other time.

After we had the pops, and Jacob got cleaned up. We went to the science museum, ate lunch there and took the tour again. Mostly just the dinosaurs. That's what we go for. There building a new bioscience museum that will open in 2011. I'm excited about it.

Then we wasted some time and ran into Jason Shin. He's an old friend of Rob's who doesn't live in Raleigh. So it was random, but nice.

The kids decided to go bowling with a big ball (bigger than Jacob big) made out of plastic balls. The pins were the big water bottles used in water coolers. They all did a great job and got cool free bags from the museum.

Then we killed a little more time, because once we were there, we realized that The Connells, play at 4:00. If we had known this before we went we would have come a bit later. Rob was really excited, and had fun. But the kids and I all decided that they played the music way too LOUD for the size of crowd there. Rob stood close to the stage and we went back about fifty yards. Jacob ran around in the dirt and his feet turned a dark black.

On the way home Rob made his stop at Locopops, and we also hit Sonic's for some slushes, corndogs and Cherry Limeades. Yum!

It was a fun day. Plus I think it is a good idea to have a day where we all think of things we can do to take better care of the Earth. It's our responsibility to do what we can to make a difference. Every little bit helps!