Time to Play

Knittah's Dad works hard. But this was our first trip to China, so we got to see some sights too. Here we are at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology.




Knittah's Dad said this was a statue of horned dinosaurs, but not Triceratops. I don't know what that means though!

This is one of the botanical gardens at the Institute of Botany in Beijing. It was October, but look at the flowers! Can you see me in the picture?



This is a monastery in Beijing. I forget the official name, but I sure think it is amazing!



Finally, this is the famous Great Wall of China. But guess what? Knittah's Dad was carrying me in his pocket, and FORGOT to take me out! So I didn't see it. I went all the way to China, and even got to the wall, but I didn't get to see it. Sigh.

King Tut

Dear Swatchy,

Yo! (that's a Philly-style greeting) Guess where I went with Knittah's mom and dad?



They took me to a museum - The Franklin Institute. There's lots of cool stuff there, including a model of a heart that you can walk through. And I met Ben Franklin, sorta.



We were there to see King Tut. Well, not him. He's dead. We went to see some of his stuff. It was really cool, but no photography was allowed inside. A lady at the start of the exhibit said that if a guard caught someone taking photos, they would "remove" them. Sounded bad, so I stayed tucked away. But I can tell you that there was lots of gold and statues and other cool stuff.

On the way out, we found this cool model of Philadelphia.



It's made of Lego! Cool, huh? A high school student made it for a project, and it's called Legodelphia.

Well, that's it for me! One thing, though. I didn't get a soft pretzel!

Love, McSwatchy