Eagles at Swan Park...and More Swans

More Swans...

Swan City!

Ok, or Swan Park...it's in Monticello, and it's a Bird Nerd Paradise :) Not only are there literally thousands of Trumpeter Swans, but a few geese, ducks and 4 bald eagles hanging around too! Took a few fellow bird nerds to see this place today!

Fairy Garden Fun

Ok, sick of my bird nerd posts? Don't care about play dates? Here's a post for my Fairy Loving friends. There is a garden center in Minnetonka called Tonka-Dale, and it has LOTS of fairy gardens to see, purchase, and dream up all on your own. My mom brought me there today and I could have spent all day...and a LOT of money if I won more that $4 on the power ball! I also decided I want a Lime tree...or an orange tree...or a lemon tree...something to get me through the winter with some pretty smelling flower and the promise of citrus! (I didn't take pics of those, though!)

Children's Museum

Ventured to the Children's Museum with my friend Shannon and her nanny kids this week. And then I remembered why I do NOT love St. Paul. Ugh. the roads are awful, the parking situation is terrible, and I don't understand glass elevators in a parking garage. Just sayin'!

On the positive side of things, Rowan ran around like a crazed lunatic...well, not really, but he had fun checking out everything...really quickly...before moving on...really quickly...to the next thing. Thankfully he knows never to leave an area without mom, but he's hard to keep up with :)

The MCM and the Science Museum both have dino exhibits right now, but we decided to do MCM because it was a LOT cheaper...even if the toddlers would have been free at the Science Museum! The boys had fun...even if my nerves were shot! (Boy, could I whine any more in a post, sorry y'all! Better posts coming soon...)

Strange Bird Sighting...

Ok, so I spend a lot of time looking up...I admit it, I think I'm weird just as much as you do! But I saw this guy on my way to work the other day and didn't have time to check him out, so I had some time today to go back to where I saw him...he wasn't in the exact same place, but close enough to track him down anyway. Still working on identifying this guy. Kinda cool though. I know he's not a common bird we see often!