Museum and Junior Ranger Days (April)

Enjoying playground science at the Museum of Science

Avonlea Jane's height in nanometers

William's height in nanometers

Exploring different objects under a microscope

Avonlea Jane's artwork (the one with the red background) was selected to be on display at the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Coloring her own tote bag at the PEM

Coloring a tote with Brandy

At the U.S.S. Constitution Museum

At the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown

Listening to a presentation about the battle on Breed's Hill

Getting sworn in as Charlestown Junior Rangers

Coloring at the John Adams National Historic Site visitors' center while wearing the kepis they were given when they asked a ranger if they had any Civil War sesquicentennial trading cards

On the trolley heading to the John Adams birthplace

Birthplace of John Quincy Adams 

(Note for those not from Massachusetts: Quincy is pronounced not like Quincy Jones but Qwin-zee.)

Birthplace of John Adams

At Peacefield, the Adams farm

The Adams' family library

Getting sworn in as Junior Rangers

Escaping the snow

Right before the first big snow, the kids and I fled Massachusetts and drove down to Hilton Head to spend some time with Granny and Granpy. So, while David was shoveling snow, the kids were shoveling sand. 

Looking at turtles at a HH musuem

What lives in a log

Following the map on a trolley tour of Savannah

Visiting the Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low birthplace in Savannah, where Avonlea Jane got a special pin to wear on her Daisy uniform

A daisy posing with "Daisy"

In the garden of the house

We took our Junior Rangers to Fort Pulaski on Tybee Island

Trapped in jail

Working on their Junior Ranger booklets

William is sad because the fort was attacked.

There were herons all over on our trip.

Being sworn in 

Looking for captive gators at The Crab Shack

At a playground on HH

Sitting on the porch of the lighthouse

The January ocean temperature feels like early summer at home. 

Walking around Charleston

At the old market

Playing at a plank store

The kids became Junior Rangers at Fort Moutrie on Sullivan's Island. 

They did all their ranger work with Granny and Granpy while I went to pick up Daddy from the airport. He had been convinced to escape the snow with us. 

Enjoying crayfish at Hyman's Seafood in Charleston