Danny's 4!!!

I cannot believe that my baby is already 4 years old. This morning, I took both kids to the zoo at his request. We stayed there 5 hours, a feat never before accomplished. We ate our picnic lunch while in line to see the baby elephant, Beco. (check) The Amur Tiger was pacing back and forth like he wanted to eat us (check), and the kids both we allowed to choose an item from the zoo store. They both chose "Unicorn horns," and Danny fell asleep with it in his lap on the way home in the car. So sweet.

This evening, it's back out to a restaurant where they will sing to him, and then cake baking for tomorrow's party with his two friends. I'm tired already!

Trial

Today we honed our stealth and observation skills at Scioto Park. The kids were actually quite good at moving slowly to get close to the ducks. Most of the time, they got within a couple feet of them. Danny was usually the spoiler, when he'd try to talk to the duck about what it was doing. Needless to say, Sarah was not too pleased with that aspect of our trip. I, however, was ecstatic, as this is a BIG part of what we'll do while homeschooling. Both art and science can be accomplished quite easily using these skills, provided we go home and research what we have found, and that I remember the sketch book to draw. We'll see how it goes!

After about 20 minutes of being stealthy, the kids had had enough of it. They went back to their favorite standby activity...gathering slime from the run that goes into the river. Yuck.

Dance Recital...finally!

Last Day of Preschool

We didn't have pony rides at MY preschool!
Here's Dan telling Pastor Rob that he already knows how to play shuffleboard.

The kids did a cute program, and then each child got an award. Danny got the "Best Storyteller" award. I wonder if this is akin to the "Never Stops Talking" award?

What a sweet boy!

Gardening 2009

"What doubles the pleasure of reading is the subconscious feeling that I ought, most of the time, to be doing something else." Carl Patton, The Atlantic, 1922.

Gwaking

If there's one reason I don't get any sleep, this is it. My boy likes to run himself into the ground, and then falls asleep at very inopportune times. Here, he fell asleep on the short trip to pick up Sarah from school. School is literally down the street. Not even 3 minutes. Geez!

Here's Danny being the superhero "Rainbow Man," of his own creation, of course. "Look Mom, I'm cool because I'm gwaking (walking) backwards, and I'm good at it because I'm Rainbow Man and I'm cool because I'm a big boy gwaking backwards." Got all that?