Three boys and an invader

Every once in awhile, I love to compare pictures of my boys at the same age. So, here's 17 months!

 

 

 

 

And one big guy we found in our garden...

 

Yeah....sorta freaked me out!

 

Maryland, Fort McHenry

On Tuesday, we visited Fort McHenry.  The battle between England and the United States in the War of 1812 (I had to have a refresher about the war--basically a war between England and United States to establish United States as a country independent of England. Yep, we had to fight for independence twice.)  Anyway, Fort McHenry was attacked.  Had it fallen, it's likely that other defenses also would have fallen, and quite possible that America would have proved its inability to defend itself.  This battle inspired our national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner."  It was a beautiful place!

 Silly faces!

 Isn't he cute?

 Camden's camera smile. :)

 Love to see my little boys with Grandpa!

 Maybe should have positioned this one better!  

 See Grandpa, Mckay, and Camden on top of the hill?

Maryland, National Geographic Museum

On Monday, we visited the National Geographic Museum.  Now, it just so happens that Camden's favorite dinosaur is Spinosaurus. (Check 2012 Halloween)  Yep, he really loves Spino.  And, it just so happened that a brand new, nearly complete Spino skeleton was discovered, and is the only one in the world.  There used to be another one in a Munich museum, but it was destroyed in WWII when Munich was bombed.  In 2008, a paleontologist bought a bone on the street market in Morocco.  He didn't know what it was, exactly.  In 2013, he returned to Morocco in hopes of finding the dig site where the bone came from because he knew it was from a Spinosaurus.  After days of searching the desert, he sat in a cafe and just happened to see the same salesguy.  He had the guy take him to where that first bone came from and found a complete skeleton!  And the exhibit at the National Geographic opened just a month before we arrived. Coincidence?  Maybe, but it was pretty awesome timing for us!  We even learned a few new things, too!

 Nate with his dino shirt on, making a silly face. :) Love that!

 

I LOVE Nate's silly picture faces!  

Wearing funny glasses for a 3D movie about pterosaurs (flying "dinos")

 Mckay, not so fond of holding still for a camera, with a Carcharodontosaurus skull in the back. 

 Mckay might have been too small for Spino to prey upon.  Whew!