Maryland Day

We spent a gorgeous Saturday (our last weekend all at home until we move--ahhhh!!!) down at the University of Maryland for Maryland Day. We only scratched the surface of all the activities there were to do, but all had a great time.

We started with a quick tour of my little corner of campus, showing Joe and Nicholas my office and classrooms.

From 2011 April

Yes, we directed Nicholas to raise his hand for that picture.

From 2011 April

The crazy thing about this picture is it only captures about 1/3 of my lecture classroom.
After that we headed outside, where we did all sorts of activities involving turtles.
We fished them out of the fountain:

From 2011 April

We colored them:

From 2011 April

And we took pictures with them:

From 2011 April

Nicholas also had his first try at a bouncy castle. Once he crawled over to the edge where he could hold my hand, he started having fun. Until a girl fell on him. Then he decided he would prefer to be on solid ground. No tears, no panic, just all done.
We also hung out with Uncle Sam

From 2011 April

And Nicholas signed a copy of the Declaration of Independence.

From 2011 April

We also stumbled on a tumbling act, which we all enjoyed watching. Nicholas was amazed at how the people were flying.

From 2011 April

But Nicholas' favorite part was just running around on the open grass on the mall:

From 2011 April

Or maybe playing cornhole:

From 2011 April

All in all, a great impulse trip.