We welcomed Miss Money-Penny, a dear friend's first dairy cow. She and a trio of bull calves arrived during the first week of May and the kids were thrilled to get to know her. She's such a friendly, gentle cow!
Isaac's kindergarten class took a trip to the Columbus Zoo on May 11th. It was a cool, rainy morning, but we enjoyed our afternoon thoroughly! Here's Isaac, aping for the camera.
The Columbus Zoo has an amazing hands-on habitat display. There's nothing like 5 foot toadstools to put things into perspective.
We all took a ride on the big carousel. I remember riding on this as a little girl when my aunt and uncle took me to the zoo.
The hot, dry weather meant it was planting season. We watched the farmer plant the fields on 3 sides of the house. This year is a 'soy year', so that means we can grow sweet corn! Yes!
The kids colored a homemade Happy Birthday sign for Jeff's surprise party. I added the '40', just for good measure :)
All the family was in on the surprise. Here's Jeff, just as he figured out that the plans to go to Olive Garden for dinner were a big sham and that we had duped him!
And finally, here he is taking the "Old Guy Oath," pledging to drive 3 miles a day with his turn signal on and call everyone younger than him "dumb punks".
After a rainy spell that kept us cooped up for a few days, we took the kids to a local lake to build sand castles. I don't like the idea of them playing in the water, but the sand appears clean enough to spend an afternoon building castles.
And finally, the greatest tag sale find....EVER. It's a construction kit that consists of loops, swoops, gears, flippers, S-curves, whirlpools and marbles. The fact it contains 150 little pieces was unnerving at first, but I must admit, it's the coolest toy ever!
It's like the good parts from the Mouse-Trap game, without all the pesky rules, cards and, well, mice. You build a gadget, add a marble and let gravity take its course. Too cool.
So that's been our busy month. Lots of good times, good food, good friends (human and bovine) and good memories! Who can blame me for not taking the time to blog? Time is the stuff that life is made of and I refuse to squander it.
We all took a ride on the big carousel. I remember riding on this as a little girl when my aunt and uncle took me to the zoo.
Mid-May brought some unseasonably warm weather with highs in the 90's. Gotta love that Ohio weather! So we brought out the swimsuits and the wading pool and the kids spent a balmy afternoon splashing around in the backyard.
The hot, dry weather meant it was planting season. We watched the farmer plant the fields on 3 sides of the house. This year is a 'soy year', so that means we can grow sweet corn! Yes!
The kids colored a homemade Happy Birthday sign for Jeff's surprise party. I added the '40', just for good measure :)
All the family was in on the surprise. Here's Jeff, just as he figured out that the plans to go to Olive Garden for dinner were a big sham and that we had duped him!
And finally, here he is taking the "Old Guy Oath," pledging to drive 3 miles a day with his turn signal on and call everyone younger than him "dumb punks".
After a rainy spell that kept us cooped up for a few days, we took the kids to a local lake to build sand castles. I don't like the idea of them playing in the water, but the sand appears clean enough to spend an afternoon building castles.
And finally, the greatest tag sale find....EVER. It's a construction kit that consists of loops, swoops, gears, flippers, S-curves, whirlpools and marbles. The fact it contains 150 little pieces was unnerving at first, but I must admit, it's the coolest toy ever!
It's like the good parts from the Mouse-Trap game, without all the pesky rules, cards and, well, mice. You build a gadget, add a marble and let gravity take its course. Too cool.
So that's been our busy month. Lots of good times, good food, good friends (human and bovine) and good memories! Who can blame me for not taking the time to blog? Time is the stuff that life is made of and I refuse to squander it.
1 comment:
It looks like you all have been busy and having great times. My youngest son thinks the tower toy is really cool. lol So now Jeff is 39 and holding. lol We wish him a big Happy Birthday!
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