Ladybugs!

We went to the Museum of the Native American on Tuesday to attend their ladybug release. They had bags of thousands of ladybugs that they would spill into the kids' hands. Lucy loved it and went back for more ladybugs three or four times. Harper wasn't given any bugs of her own, but she had no problem releasing her own- they were everywhere, all over the ground, crawling up the girls' arms, feet and legs. She actually didn't squeeze even one to death, amazingly! One ladybog was a castaway and when we got home 3 hours later it was hiding in Lucy's shoe. We let it go out the window and she was so happy that she hadn't squished it.

After the ladybug release we went to the air and space museum. Lucy is obsessed with astronauts and space again. She thinks of the story of the Hubbel telescope as some sort of fairy tale that I have to tell over and over again. She walked in and immediately started pointing out rockets and missiles and telescopes and shuttles. She loves Skylab and the moon rock you can touch. She came home and told Ian that she had "gotten to touch the moon today!"

On our way home, Harper fell asleep in the car. We were driving along the river past the marina when we noticed a dozen or so of the prettiest sail boats. We decided to stop. I parked in a shady spot and opened all the windows so Harper could continue her nap for a couple of minutes and Lucy and I dashed out to see the boats. We were only there for about 5 minutes but decided right then and there that we had to come back to see them again. They were so plentiful, colorful, speedy and entertaining and Lucy decided that it would be the perfect spot for a picnic.