Leo and the Bird

Leo absolutely LOVES to feed the birds at the Dallas zoo. I got some cute pictures this time. Henry was not having any of this - the birds like to land on your hand to peck and the seed stick, and he can't stand the feel of their little feet on his hand. So I have to hold the stick...get the bird to land on my hand....and then we slowly transfer the bottom of the stick to Henry's hand without disturbing the bird while he eats. Mothering is an adventure, for sure.


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My favorite one...


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Random Summer Pictures II

We went down to the Superheroes days at the Museum of Nature and Science. Leo got picked to go on stage and help with the show!


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Father's Day. We had steak and twice baked potatoes.


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Jumping back...we went to an end of the year party for the Adventure Guides group through the YMCA. It was at some "camp" they have on Lake Lewisville. I use the word "camp" very loosely. It was a disaster. Hot, no shade, no food, activities weren't prepped, and I could smell sewer the whole time. Yuck. We dragged the boys out of there with a bribe of pizza and soda. But here are the pictures anyway.


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The BB shooting was the only activity that was half way set up.


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Leo and his prizes that he got at Mr. Gatti's when we were visiting the Lubbock relatives.


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Random Summer Pictures I

Sorry I am behind. Summer is my busy season! Here are some pics and short descriptions.

We have moved to the surface of the sun for the summer. Henry burned his thumb on the metal part of his carseat on June 6.


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I can't remember blogging this one. Maybe I did. Obviously it was before we made our big move to the sun.....there was rain. *sigh*


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Henry and I toured the fire station with the ecpta in June. They had to go on a call while we were there. Very exciting! After Fireman Sam (his real name! just like the tv show) gave us a tour in his regular shorts and tshirt, he very slowly put each piece of gear on. The point of this was to show the kids that a fireman is not scary and they should never run or hide from a Fireman. Henry was not fooled - he thought he was a very scary man, and we had to back up against the station wall and not move until he undressed.


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We got a new netbook b/c our laptop was broken. I love it - it's smaller and much more portable. Nice battery life. Doesn't Toddly look great in this picture? This is him telling me why everything loaded onto this computer is crap, and how he's going to strip it all off and do it right.


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As soon as the Netbook arrived, Todd had an epiphany as to what was wrong with the old laptop. He promptly took it apart and fixed it. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.


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Todd has epiphanies about electronics - I have very slow growing epiphanies that reveal painfully obvious solutions to very basic problems. Three years after Leo started kindergarten and cursing for three years at hand-held pencil sharpeners, I went to Office Max and got a pencil sharpener for the wall. I am available as a life coach if anyone is interested. Todd wanted to put it in the kitchen - I suggested the coat closet.


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Coppell Nature Walk

I took the boys on a nature walk through a nearby city park. Two very nice volunteers provided a guided tour of the park's flora and fauna.

In this photo the boys are waiting patiently for the hike to begin. The rain boots were Holly's idea since we were told we would be walking through the creek.

I was expecting the creek to be a typical city drainage type of situation. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the creek is actually fed by an underground spring.

The kids had a great time stomping around in the creek and catching tadpoles.

If you look closely, you can see several tadpoles. I was surprised to see so many. They were everywhere.

Henry was very pleased with himself once he finally managed to catch one.


Leo was obviously enthusiastic.


Our guide ended the hike with a quick story for the kids.