Friday, August 10, 2007
I'll think of this
 
And then I won't feel so bad. Probably everytime they feel like they're getting close to having all of the recycling put away, another truck pulls up and dumps a load right there on their clean recycling plant floor. I wonder if they ever get caught up with the recycling.
Today I took the kids to the infamous Garbage Museum. It's only like one of the best things out here and my kids absolutely love it. The fact that it's free makes me love it too. Denver asked me if we could go a few weeks ago and thanks to our beloved Grandma Gribble, we were able to go today without the twins. The last time we went Caleb was a baby so this trip was especially exciting for him. And Denver--Denver is always thrilled when we hit this museum. Hunter was bored after about ten minutes and started entertaining himself by wandering up and down the observation deck, listening in on adult conversations and answering their questions about the entire recycling process with the aid of the information sheet most of the them had passed by upon entering the museum.
After we watched several trucks dump their loads we went downstairs to play. They have a giant dinosaur made out of garbage and the museum provides an "I Spy" game the kids love to play. So we did that. And we played with the toy recycling trucks and wandered through the giant-size worm tunnel where I did a great job of slamming my head on the roof of it while Caleb drove a mini dump truck back and forth through the cave. We played "Trash Bash" where the kids answer questions about the garbage museum and recycling and if they get it wrong they get a bucket of (clean) garbage dumped on their heads, we colored pictures of the Trashasorous, and admired artwork made out of, you-guessed-it, trash!
We hit Blockbuster on the way home for a few movies, McDonalds for french fries and returned home to veg out in front of the TV because believe it or not, today it is rainy and cold and there's not much else we can do. However, as soon as I get a collection of recyclables gathered, I think we're going to make our own Recycle Art (they had a castle made out of recyclables that was totally awesome) and for Family Home Evening, I can't wait to play our own version of Trash Bash. We have the perfect cardboard box for the question booth and the kids love having stuff dumped on their heads. It will be a great way to review the lesson and it will be a great project for the kids to do one day this next week when they get bored and start fighting with each other. Hurray!
posted by Shana # 5:29 PM 
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