Zoo Boy pursuing his latest passion, Paleontology. He says he's going to be a Paleontologist when he grows up, because he wants to solve prehistoric mysteries. He recently purchased a fossil excavation set, complete with a book describing how to go about being a good Paleontologist. The kit is not so easy to complete, and will keep him busy for a long time.
Sunday we had an entire afternoon of thunderstorms with heavy downpours. The boys decided to pretend they were living behind a waterfall. That sure was what it seemed like here for awhile!
Their monthly magazines arrived this weekend -- J gets Ranger Rick and Zoo Boy gets My Big Back Yard, both are put out by The National Wildlife Federation. The arrival of the new editions always prompts a couple hours of concentrated reading together as both explore each other's subscriptions.
J holds one of our new ducklings (not from the batch we hatched out last week, which have gone to be grown out by the woman we got the eggs from -- we have a new batch of eggs in the incubator now -- but from a small batch of Call Duck ducklings we are raising). The boys have been helping me out raising the little guys, handling them every day for me so that they get used to people.
Zoo Boy's latest prized possession -- a filed guide to bird songs, complete with digital versions of 138 different songs. Both kids have been having a great time learning how to identify all the bird songs we hear around here, and listening to those that we've not heard before. They also like giving me pop quizzes -- "Mommy, what's this bird?"
Yesterday we were at a family cook-out, here J dances to "Cotton-Eye Joe" with his cousin. It was a gorgeous day to be outside relaxing! The Map Man and I spent the morning planting in our flower garden, hopefully I'll have some colorful photos to share soon!
Zoo Boy pursuing his latest passion, Paleontology. He says he's going to be a Paleontologist when he grows up, because he wants to solve prehistoric mysteries. He recently purchased a fossil excavation set, complete with a book describing how to go about being a good Paleontologist. The kit is not so easy to complete, and will keep him busy for a long time.
Sunday we had an entire afternoon of thunderstorms with heavy downpours. The boys decided to pretend they were living behind a waterfall. That sure was what it seemed like here for awhile!
Their monthly magazines arrived this weekend -- J gets Ranger Rick and Zoo Boy gets My Big Back Yard, both are put out by The National Wildlife Federation. The arrival of the new editions always prompts a couple hours of concentrated reading together as both explore each other's subscriptions.
J holds one of our new ducklings (not from the batch we hatched out last week, which have gone to be grown out by the woman we got the eggs from -- we have a new batch of eggs in the incubator now -- but from a small batch of Call Duck ducklings we are raising). The boys have been helping me out raising the little guys, handling them every day for me so that they get used to people.
Zoo Boy's latest prized possession -- a filed guide to bird songs, complete with digital versions of 138 different songs. Both kids have been having a great time learning how to identify all the bird songs we hear around here, and listening to those that we've not heard before. They also like giving me pop quizzes -- "Mommy, what's this bird?"
Yesterday we were at a family cook-out, here J dances to "Cotton-Eye Joe" with his cousin. It was a gorgeous day to be outside relaxing! The Map Man and I spent the morning planting in our flower garden, hopefully I'll have some colorful photos to share soon!
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My girls have that same Bird Book that Zoo Boy has. They play similarly with it. Looks like big fun at your house lately!
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