Minecraft, Birds Bugs & Botany Camp, Discovery Center SHARKS!

Last Friday was Avery's birthday party. Guy and Nico were able to attend and it sounded like fun. They had yummy food, and a chocolate fountain, it was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory themed.

On Sunday Nico and Guy played Minecraft in the afternoon downstairs. Evelyn, Avery and Ivy joined them, as they also had the Nintendo 64 plugged in and they were all rotating which games they were playing. They had so much fun!

On Monday started the Bugs, Birds, and Botany camp for Nico at the Botanical Garden. As we were walking into the garden, Nico asked me, "Why did you sign me up for this camp since I already know everything about birds?" I told him that I thought he might want to learn even more about them.

When I picked him up that day, his teacher said that Nico knew more birds than she did! And that he had recognized a Wilson's Warbler.

They only spent Monday on birds, they then talked about bugs, and today was about bats. Nico has been enjoying it.

Yesterday he pleaded with me to go to the Discovery Center in the afternoon because the current exhibit is all about sharks. So, we went! Most of the rooms had been switched over to the shark exhibit, where we saw huge shark jaws, teeth, and shark cages and wet suit from the JAWS movie. There was also a sand bin that had topographical projections on it that changed as you shifted the sand around. That was a very very very cool exhibit, we spent a lot of time with that. There is a short video at the end of this entry that will show you.

Each shark had a danger rating. Bull Sharks have all 5 caution symbols highlighted. Same with Tiger sharks. There are some tiny sharks that aren't at all dangerous. We also learned about prehistoric sharks. One of them had a jaw that curled out and down and around in a spiral under his chin. You can't see it in this picture.

This afternoon we went to see the Grandparents Salisbury for a quick visit. Nico is building a house in Minecraft on their iPad that he can only add to when we're there, so he spent a lot of time working on that. Grandma discovered a goat's cheese mozzarella at a local farm, that Nico loves on his pizza! She gave us more of that today as well as some sprouts and milk and eggs. Thanks Grandma!

Nico's birthday is in a few days and we will soon be seeing the Grandparents Russell's arrival tomorrow! Party time!

Here's the Discovery Center Video!