Spring is Springing!

We found ourselves Saturday morning with several choices. Maceo suggested going to Udvar Hazy, the air and space museum out near Dulles Airport. Cassius suggested staying in the house all day and playing games. I suggested going on a bike ride on the Anacostia River, and by the grace of God, they both wanted to do that! We drove over to Prince George's County to the site of the Battle of 1812, and got on our bikes and on the trail. We rode along the river for a while, past the National Arboretum and past Kenilworth Gardens, all with Cassius leading the way. Soon, it was snack time, and we had fun eating and doing slow motion boxing matches.

When we got back to the parking lot, a freight train was slowly going past, so the boys ran up to check it out, just as the horn hooted. Someone came scampering right back.

Kate picked the boys up that afternoon, and I came to join the boys on Sunday afternoon where I found the kids both jumping around on a trampoline (I could hear them a block away) and riding an electric motorbike. Cassius tried it, fell, and was not interested in trying again.

 Since it was St. Patrick's Day, our friend Shelby prepared, of course, corned beef tacos. I'm not quite sure what they do on Cinco de Mayo.

 Finally, at school, Maceo has been studying the body, and here is a Maceo-sized diagram of the innards. The knowledge came in handy this weekend! During our bike ride, we saw at least 3 shrews on the trail who had been killed by passing cyclists. One shew had sadly been "popped" open by the force of the tires. It gave Maceo a chance to see intestines for real. He first thought they were worms, but we checked them out more closely and he was able to identify them both in English and Mandarin. We also brought a shrew home to add to our Natural History Museum.