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Saturday, November 5, 2011

The First Metro Ride

Today, we took a family trip into D.C. to go to the Natural History Museum. I'm a bit ashamed to say, this was Noah's first ever ride on the metro. We usually just drive into the city, and that has seemed easier up until now. But since we're no longer lugging things like a stroller, taking the metro is fun. Noah really enjoyed the ride, though he got bored while we were underground.

As for the museum itself, he enjoyed himself, but what he liked most was pressing buttons when there were interactive things available. This seemed to interest him more than actually seeing all the cool things at the museum. Oh well, the time will come when those dinosaur bones are really interesting, but right now they're just big skeletons.

He did however like the insect zoo. Here is a picture of him holding a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. Strangely, while that didn't bother him, he did get a bit freaked out in the butterfly exhibit (the room where the butterflies fly all around and can land on you).