Environmental Fair-Part 2

Meg will probably have more from the actual fair itself, but I basically got pictures from the Zoo and Raptor presentations. If you want more from the Fair check out Tracking the Treds on my links to the right. This was my favorite part. I had to hold my hand down when she was asking kids to answer the questions about what kind of birds they each were...of course then she called on Meg to answer it...and Kiley and Riley were good bird nerds too!

Environmental Fair

My sister found this Environmental Fair in Plymouth this weekend and it included presentations from the MN Zoomobile and the Raptor Center. The fair was pretty cool...Each kid got a plant to take home, got to touch live bugs and worms...not my favorite. But by far the Zoo critters and the Raptor Center were the highlights!

It's SPRING!

And a sure sign of Spring...the hammock is back up and the kids' picnic table is up and running! Bring on the warm sunshine and flip flops!

Squirlin Around....

Thinking warm thoughts...this little nut makes me smile! The temps are climbing, the snow is melting!!!

Spring Swim!

Spring means it's time to squeeze in some swimming lessons before the summer activities hit. So here we go again! Riley wasn't so sure she wanted to do lessons anymore because she is convinced she can swim fine. I told her she needs to pass level 5 (jumping off the diving board) so I know if she falls in off the dock that she knows what to do...she left the first lesson excited for next week and wishing it was the next day and not a whole week away....

Rowan...well we left off last year with him screaming every time he was in the pool and sobbing the entire lesson...it got so bad he even freaked out on a teacher the very last lesson of the session. This year...only a few tears shed, and not because of the lesson, but because his goggles wouldn't work right (His ears are lopsided, I think? It actually looks kinda odd when he wears them anyway! Plus they get too foggy to see.) Whew! No freaking out on the teacher. He said it was ok. Not too excited about this week, but we did buy a different kind of goggles to try, so maybe that will give him something to look forward to! I am solo with them this week, so I am hoping that's enough to motivate!

Yesterday...

Was a beautiful Spring day in Minnesota...hopefully not our last one...so we took advantage of it! The kids biked around the end of the block, I went for a walk with the neighbor, Josh got out for his first run of the year and we ended with dinner on the deck...on a Christmas picnic blanket. It was a great day!

More Spring Birding

The red-tail is wat my cousin's place, the rest of the robbins and waxwings were when we got home on Saturday. By dinnertime they were gone, but I counted at least 23 of them!