8/20/12: Museum & words

Callen has a few new words today.  He clearly pointed to doors several times today and said "doh" (door).  He also signed & said "nana" (banana).  He constantly amazes me with what he understands and remembers.

Today I took the kids to the free day at the Denver M*useum of Nature and Science.  Both kids had fun.

Quick shot on our way in

Elodie looking at a telescope in the space exploration exhibit.

The first thing we did was go to the Space Exploration exhibit since we had just studied the sun and the moon.  I think this exhibit was harder for Elodie to get into because there's so much information and science jargon.  She did listen to an entire presentation on why blood can boil in space (change in pressure).  Then we met up with some friends in the Gems exhibit, but then they were going to the Space one so we took a break for lunch.  We never did catch back up with them, but some other friends found us while we were eating and ate with us.  After lunch, we went through the dinosaur exhibit.  Again, Elodie listened for a very long time to a hands on presentation on dinosaur stuff.

Lastly, we did the human body one and I think it was both kids' favorites (I know it was Elodie's...guessing it was Callen's).

I couldn't catch him fast enough, but he was making the skeleton do as he did :)  Then when we got home tonight and were showing daddy the photos, he remembered exactly what that was a photo of and started moving his arms out to his sides. :)  Smart boy.

Simon Says

Ribbons!

Tonight, Elodie had her first real soccer practice.  She's in a U7 girls' team with practices twice per week and games on Saturday.  She's going to miss 4 games when we're in California, but she get to go to three in October.

Baby brother worked daddy out while we watched :)

He was loving to plunk himself down hard into daddy's lap!

the only photo of me from the day :)

goal!

my cuties

and one from yesterday... Elodie likes taking photos :)

4/27/12: more rabbit stench story & Colonial days

L was up at 6am talking in her room because she "was just so excited for Colonial Days!!" So I'd say that part of the day was a success...experiencing 1779 with a blacksmith, tanner, trapper, cooking, agriculture, basket weaving, weaving, brick making, music, bowling, etc. and finishing with the awesome Battle of Vincennes reenactment where the British surrendered to the Patriots.

Now back to reality...the hubby is trying to remove all the contaminated dirt & rocks from the window well to get rid of the smell! So in Dave's removal of rocks tonight, after several shovels full of rock, he discovered two more bunnies. Did the big rabbit bury them?!! who knows but he removed them & some rock and then poured a gallon of bleach over the area again. Plus he spent the past two hours making a screen for the basement window so we can get some ventilation down there since none of the windows have screens in the basement and of course the one the dead rabbits were in is covered by house and then further covered by deck so that well isn't getting any air. well the finished part of the basement doesn't smell anymore (although it is 62 in the house this morning from all those windows open yesterday and the basement one open overnight) but the unfinished part where the stinky window well is still smells but hopefully will get better over time. I think Dave's thinking of making another screen window today so we can open the other window in that part to try to air that part out.

Yes, Elodie loved the Colonial Living History day. i'll look forward to taking Callen when he's older and not just running away from me or crying b/c I'm holding him. i hate to break it to L that she has to wait a whole year to go again b/c of course the September one is during Jenn's wedding...that and soccer... poor girl can't do pee wee soccer again in the fall because she'd only be there for two practices... and she has to start kindergarten in july to make up for the time gone in september. i'm guessing it will screw up dance and stuff too and i have to remember to give a 30 day written notice to cancel swim for the month and then pay to restart swim when we get back. i love my sister but i think she picked the absolute worse possible time of the year for us to be gone. also missing the first 3 weeks of BSF :( :(