nature school open house

August 29th, 2010

Bella will be in school every morning this year. She’s headed back to last year’s school for three days and going two days at a local park preschool. Last week we went to an open house and she didn’t want to leave. I’m guessing she’s going to really enjoy it.

q: are lions carnivores or herbivores?

August 17th, 2010

a: Most lions are carnivores, but Leo The Paper Eating Lion is a papivore. (paper-vore)

bella’s first trip to morrill hall

August 9th, 2010

I have a feeling we’ll be spending a lot of time here in the future.

beep, beep

August 2nd, 2010

Someone is getting a little too big for the play cars at the Ager Center.

i’m not ready to leave yet, mom

July 29th, 2010

bella luna

July 26th, 2010

This photo would be a lot more impressive if I had some fancy equipment to get a great nighttime shot. Although, I doubt I would have schlepped fancy equipment outside this late in the evening.

Anyhoo, the moon is really beautiful tonight.

lazy weekend

July 25th, 2010

We didn’t do much this weekend. Friday night was date night to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Saturday and Sunday were both low key. We watched movies, I played with yarn, Bella spent hours with her Color Wonder and T. researched beach houses for our September vacation. We did manage to get outside for a little while.


short-quilled hedgehog

July 23rd, 2010

Second week of zoo camp was a success. The summer is zooming by fast!

kearney cruise

July 18th, 2010

It’s strange to go to a car event and not see a lot of cars, but it was brutally hot on Saturday. We spent a lot of time inside at lunch. Bella and Mason invented a new game: see who can drop the most balls down the pool table pockets.

We spent a lot of time in the shade under “our tree” and a few tents. (We seem to end up in this same spot every year.)

We ate cold treats to stay cool. Bella’s first taste of Dippin’ Dots.

We are also grateful that our party hosts let us hang out inside every once and awhile so the kids could cool off. We may not have seen a lot of cars, but we spent a lot of time with good friends. That’s the best part of cruisin’ for us.

zoo camp: coats of many colors

July 16th, 2010

Today was the last day of Bella’s zoo camp: Coats of Many Colors. This week she touched a dove, a mouse and a rat. She refused to touch Spiny Bear the hedgehog, though. Her favorite was feeding the goats their breakfast.

The Zoo Crew helped the kids make scrapbooks of the things they saw this week. Isn’t that a neat idea? Here is Bella’s peacock.