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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wordless Wednesday
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuesday Blog Hops
Top Two Favorite songs......
That changes constantly.
Right now, my favorite songs are Love Like Crazy by Lee Brice and Pray for You by Jaron and the Long Road to Love
A Trip to The Zoo.....or Where it all Goes to the Animals
This weekend, Davis and I went to the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Ma with my cousin Tommy and my sister Maureen. Davis loves animals so this was a great trip for him. It's a smaller zoo, but they have some great animals. I think next spring, I'm going to purchase a zoo membership and take Davis several times over the spring, summer and fall next year since he enjoyed this trip so much. The Stone Zoo is one of two zoos in the Zoo New England network. The other is the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, MA. Within the next few weeks, we plan to go visit that zoo as well. In the mean time, here are some of the pictures I took while visiting the Stone Zoo.
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| Davis peering through the glass at the Black Bear exhibit |
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| This is how my son looks standing next to a black bear |
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| Perfect sign for both the bears and a lot of toddlers. |
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| Cougar |
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| Tommy and Davis in an old mine car |
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| Davis' hand compared to the Lynx's paw print |
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| Jaguar |
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| Spider Monkey |
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| Gibbon |
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| Davis and Tommy petting the Pygmy Goats |
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| Mexican Grey Wolf |
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| I wonder if this is one of Santa's Reindeer. |
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| Cave explorer. The window goes to the Coyote exhibit |
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Teenage Boys are a Wonderful Influence on a Toddler
I took this video a couple weeks ago, just for the heck of it because my cousin was acting a little crazy. If you listen at the end of the video, you can hear what he taught my little man to say. Warning: video contains foul language.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Toddler Talk Thursdays: ART
First off, let me say YAY! and Thank you to these great moms at The Life of a Sippy Cup Mom, Crazy About My Baybah, and Family and Life in Las Vegas for choosing me as their highlighted blog this week at Toddler Talk Thursdays.
This week's topic is ART. I'm so happy about this topic. Davis LOVES art. He enjoys all the projects they do at school and he's always asking for paper and pulling out his crayons to color. I love to print out coloring pages for him online to save money on coloring books. Crayola has a great website with coloring pages and other great art and craft ideas. Some other websites I use for printables are Coloring Book Fun and Free Printables.com.
We try to do more complex or time-consuming art projects on the weekends. One of Davis' favorites is painting.
He loves painting so much, I have to hide the paintbrushes or he'll beg to paint everyday.
Another favorite is sidewalk chalk. He loves to scribble on the driveway and tell me what colors to use.
When we do this, I always write our names and the names of our family and show him the letters. I also draw different shapes and he names them. He thinks it's great fun, but he's also learning something. It's the best of both worlds.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Learning to Drive Stick Shift
So here's the current car situation.....
6 cars in the driveway and 51/2 drivers (Alec has his learner's permit).
Sounds like it works, right?
Wrong.
Natasha (Bryan's silver car) has been sitting in the car for several months patiently waiting for a new engine and the white car's transmission just died.
That leaves us with 4 cars and 51/2 drivers....still not too bad.
Except that two of those 4 cars are standard shift cars and only 1 driver (my uncle John) can drive stick shift.
So to help out with this situation, we decided that at least one other driver needs to learn to drive stick.
By the process of elimination, that person has become me. Bryan is a teenage boy and therefore too bullheaded to listen when learning and likely to blow out the clutch. Lindsay is a 20 year old girl with the same problem. Marianne doesn't have the time as she is working two jobs. Therefore, it all comes down to me.
In preparation for learning this new skill, my uncle has given me some homework.....read LEARNING TO DRIVE STICK on Cartalk.com. After reading a little bit of it, I have to admit that it is entertaining as well as informative.
I'm still nervous about actually trying this out though.
I'll keep you all posted on how this goes.
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Seven Things About Me
1. I am ridiculously organized with some things...some might even say OCD. For example, I have binders filled with plastic sheet protectors that are the homes to my letters from David, Davis' letters from David, and all of Davis' daily sheets and artwork from school. Yes, they are all in separate binders and yes, I plan to save them forever. Eventually, I'll even scan them all and keep digital copies.
2. I love the colors purple and green.
3. My favorite season is fall. I love the changing of the leaves, the cooler weather, wearing jeans, boots and hoodies. My favorite holiday is Halloween and my birthday is at the beginning of October. What's not to love?
4. I believe in fate, destiny and karma. Fate is what brought David and I together. It was our destiny to be parents to our wonderful son. And karma will take care of all of those who have attacked our family and made our lives so hard.
5. I LOVE to read. I will read pretty much anything. I go to the library at least every other week and I always come home with a very heavy bag of books.
6. I often feel lonely even though I live in a house full of people. I miss spending time with David every day and seeing my friends all the time. I wish I lived closer to them all.
7. I may be easy going, but I will fight to protect my family at any cost to myself. Even if that means having to cut myself off from people who have meant a great deal to me.
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