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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Fixing the Flat - First Day

Callen got his band today. I must say so far so good but we'll see how tonight goes. He sure is cute though.

All Smiles

I've decided to start a Wordless Wednesday post. My plans for my Wordless Wednesday are too use old and new travel photos. These photos will be anything as long as it has to do with trips and travels.

My First Worldess Wednesday Photo is from Aug 2005 - one day after my husband and I were married and the first day of our Alaska cruise.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Fixing the Flat - Last Day of Helmetless Fluffy Hair and Our Activities

Tomorrow Callen will enter into Cranial Technologies with a head full of fluff (I'm not sure I'd call it hair) and will exit with a helmet full of fluff. He'll have an adjustment period but will have to wear it for 23 hours a day for about 6-8 weeks. Here are the few pictures of his fluffy head before he gets banded:

100 Days Old - good thing I won't have to hide his eye lashes

See not much hair, just fluff

My cutie

And because this is a trip and travel blog here are some pictures of our activities over the last few days:

Friday was such a nice day - Tavish had a great time playing in his shorts

Today: no shorts but fun sledding

Callen not too sure about this sledding thing

This is how Callen fell asleep with his arms up

3...2...1... Blast-Off

Mission Control

Now time for a snack (frozen breastmilk in a bag) Yum.

With a combination of bad weather and the fact I'm still not feeling great, we spent the last few days at home but we did have fun.

Monday, February 21, 2011

National Museum of the American Indian

My husband and I have been making a list of stuff we want to do in the D.C. area before we move (that is if we move, we'll be here for sure until May 2012 but after that who knows). It seams like we keep on doing the same things over and over again and it's not that they aren't great things it's just there is so much to see and do we might as well see it all. The first thing we did on our To Do List was the National Museum of the American Indian. I must say I was quite surprised how interesting and kid friendly this museum was. Both my husband and I thought the museum was about US American Indians but were were pleasantly surprised to find out it was about Native Peoples of the Americans not just the United States.

All of the exhibits were really well done. The 3 main permanent exhibits are: Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World, Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories, and Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities are all very interesting and give insights into Native life. The best part of these exhibits is that the museum recruited curators from the different tribes and bands so the depictions of these People are told from their own perspective.

There were lots of hands on activities and movies for Tavish to play with so I'm sure he enjoyed himself. Callen slept though most of exhibits so I'm not sure he got much out of it. One of the highlights of the museum is its fantastic restaurant. Unlike the American History Museum which has terrible food and the Air and Space Museum which has McDonalds, the American Indian Museum has themed food. The food court is split into different areas each which showcases traditional Native foods (there are hamburgers and chicken fingers for the picky eaters). Even if your not planning on checking out the museum, it's a great place for lunch if you are in the area.

In the world of D.C. museums this is a great one to go see if you have time or are very interested in Native People. I would recommend the American History (but not for lunch), Natural History, and Air and Space Museums over this one. But if you have the time I'd would check it out, especially if they have an interesting live demonstration on, which they usually do (we missed out on the chocolate festival they were having a few weeks ago and I 'm kinda sad about that).

"Cheese"

Kyle with his hands full, admiring a snow machine

Tavish taking a boat for a ride

Tavish love the Rainbow

Statue of an American Indian

Tavish having fun walking on the wall outside the musuem

Now time to rock climb (that's my boy)

Callen not too sure about what his brother is doing

Sunday, February 20, 2011

I'm on Facebook

This blog now has a Facebook Page. Please come check it out. http://www.facebook.com/pages/And-Were-Off-To/189392127759024

I Hate Being Sick

Okay I know that "I Hate Being Sick" is a stupid saying, really who loves being sick but I'll say it anyway. I Hate Being Sick. We had plans this weekend to visit the Capitol Building in D.C. yesterday but instead we all stayed home. I guess it's a good thing to be sick when the weather sucks so it could have been worse, it could have been nice outside. Today is another sick day but hopefully I'll feel better soon, maybe by this afternoon I'll feel well enough to take my boys and our dog out for a walk. It's not warm today but the sun is shining and I really could get out of the house today.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Skating

The laces for my skates finally came in and I was able to take Tavish skating. This was Tavish's first time skating in real skates (last year I took him but he used double blade skates). It was really fascinating to see how well he improved over the course of the hour. When he first put his skates on he could not walk on the ground without his ankles rolling in but by the time we were ready to leave he could skate a short distance from me to my dad. I really need to find him lessons.