Recouperating with Natural History

Anastasia ended the holidays with an ear infection that kept her home Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday last week. By the time she was feeling better, it was New Year's day, and Orlando was in the hospital recovering from complications related to his tonsilectomy. Orlando came home that afeternoon, and went straight to sleep.

Friday, Annie was back to school: a much needed break from our house, and Orlando continued to sleep and try to regain some of the blood he'd lost. On Satuday, to give O a bit more time to rest, Annie and I went to the Museum of Natural History.



We got there a bit before the museum opened, so Anastasia decided to take a little walk along the Mall while we waited. She wanted to go all the way to the Washington Monument, but I was able to convince her that we should go see the elephant inside. Once she heard about the elephant, she was very excited.



We saw the elephant when we walked in, then Annie went straight to the mammals exhibit (her favorite). She asked about every animal. What is it, what does it say (what does a hippo say???)



Then we went over to the dinosaur exhibit. Anastasia was pretty excited about the dino bones.



After about an hour in the museum, it was time to go home and get ready for a nap (for both of us.) We had a lot of fun. I'm thinking we'll hit the American History museum this weekend.