Hanging out in Godahl

Again.  Day two, no warmer today then yesterday and bonus today it is raining.  Tonight it is the girls practice for softball.

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a trip to the zoo

where we explored a tide pool...

again and again...

watched fish swim

up close...

and of course a shark

and a sea dragon

checked out the tigers..
reyna wanted to hug a kiss them....

she didn't like the crocodile one bit

a pause while some checked out the komodo dragon

still pausing, that three year old was reaching the end of her rope..
this is what no nap looks like

checking out the wolf exhibit
reyna wasn't too sure about their howling..but rosie was completely fascintaed by them
captured one of my favorite photos of her and a wolf, posted earlier.
love her sense of wonder and curiosity...
despite the rain...which gave a reason to buy a couple of umbrellas
it was a full, fun day at the zoo

Dinosaurs

as we approached music from Jurassic Park was playing..
totally appropriate and a discovery that anthony has never seen this movie
that needs to be corrected and soon...

this one set the tone for reyna...
"i don't like this" she said  loudly.

 

she felt her umbrella would protect her...

 

 

 

 

and this would be where that three year old simply had, had enough
she was not impressed with the fog, or with what was waiting inside the fog...
"get me out of here" was yelled for all the world to hear...
I thought it was a rather cool special effect...so did Anthony
we decided that next time we would leave the girls outside the gate, they simply are not ready to
dinosaur hunt...yet.

 

 

zoo trip

 

 

 

 

 

 

a rainy fun day at the zoo

Up close

With the wolves
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Grocery shopping

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mud kitchen

another Pinterest find...
when I first saw a picture of one, I thought "no way."
but I kept going back to it, and thinking about it, and working it through in my head
until I just knew that this was something the daycare kids needed.

 

I began scouring and searching  for a table and kitchen
items to fill it with...
after finding the table on clearance I realized it needed something more
so the chalkboard was created..

 

last night I found this wicker basket set at hobby lobby, at half price...loved that
picked up a few inexpensive kitchen items.  Also found items at the dollar store and of all places
Pamida.

but the best source was the thrift store..where I picked up tiny pans and pots
and all sorts of kitchen stuff...and when I checked out the best news of all
everything was half price yesterday...
yes that just made my day

so today while they napped I set it up...and now it waits for them to head outdoors
and to discover all the fun an outdoor kitchen can bring.
can't wait to see what they create..

graduation

a friend and former daycare parent asked me several months ago
if I wold be willing to create a table decoration for her daughter's
graduation from high school.
She was asking several people who had been a part of Morgan's life
to do this..
What an awesome idea!
of course I said yes, and then as is so me lately I didn't start it.
Graduation is a week away, so today I got busy...
the red and white mats on the bottem will hold pictures of the graduate
whew...hope they like it!

 

something

i've been working on, since that end of the school year is fast approaching