Saturday, September 20, 2008
WestFest
I'm playing Mr. Mom this weekend while Jennifer's in Bismarck. To occupy the kids today, I took them to Bonanzaville for WestFest/Harvest Days. Here's a couple of shots from the day:
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Release!
Friday morning was extraordinarily foggy, and the sun was just breaking through before I had to go to work. I grabbed the camera and snuck outside to get this shot.
Saturday was the Fargo-Moorhead Bridge to Bridge Bash, a running race from downtown (on the Main Avenue bridge) down to Lindenwood Park, then back up to the floating pedestrian bridge, across to Moorhead and then to Center Mall for a total of 5 miles. I was pretty happy, I was able to shave 10 minutes off my previous best for a 5 mile run.
We had a successful hatch of all 5 chrysalides and today was the big release. Alison was very excited to let the painted lady butterflies go, and it was finally warm and dry today.
Eli got to meet his first tiger salamander this weekend. It's nice living in the country!
Saturday was the Fargo-Moorhead Bridge to Bridge Bash, a running race from downtown (on the Main Avenue bridge) down to Lindenwood Park, then back up to the floating pedestrian bridge, across to Moorhead and then to Center Mall for a total of 5 miles. I was pretty happy, I was able to shave 10 minutes off my previous best for a 5 mile run.
We had a successful hatch of all 5 chrysalides and today was the big release. Alison was very excited to let the painted lady butterflies go, and it was finally warm and dry today.
Eli got to meet his first tiger salamander this weekend. It's nice living in the country!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Butterflies and Tractors
Well, after a weekend of shoveling wood mulch, we now have gardens along our house foundation. I had one more load to haul across the driveway. Or something like that.
I took Alison to the West Fargo Arena for the Honkin Haulin Truck show - basically they put about 20 different trucks and tractors in the parking lot and let the kids climb all over them. It was a lot of fun, but midway through it started to rain, which sent everyone scurrying for cover. After the rain passed we were able to take in a few more trucks.
Eli is working on his superhuman strength. We took him to a park nearby and he really seemed to enjoy hanging from a zip line. We thought this outfit was appropriate:
And finally, the big news - for Alison's birthday, my aunt and uncle, Pat and Mike, gave her a butterfly habitat. Well, we finally got the caterpillars ordered and after about two weeks of watching caterpillars turn into chrysalides, they hatched today into 5 painted lady butterflies.
When Alison was much smaller, her aunt Betsy got her a little house playset. Eli's now at the age that he can play with it, so it's been getting a lot of use again. Thanks Bets!
I took Alison to the West Fargo Arena for the Honkin Haulin Truck show - basically they put about 20 different trucks and tractors in the parking lot and let the kids climb all over them. It was a lot of fun, but midway through it started to rain, which sent everyone scurrying for cover. After the rain passed we were able to take in a few more trucks.
Eli is working on his superhuman strength. We took him to a park nearby and he really seemed to enjoy hanging from a zip line. We thought this outfit was appropriate:
And finally, the big news - for Alison's birthday, my aunt and uncle, Pat and Mike, gave her a butterfly habitat. Well, we finally got the caterpillars ordered and after about two weeks of watching caterpillars turn into chrysalides, they hatched today into 5 painted lady butterflies.
When Alison was much smaller, her aunt Betsy got her a little house playset. Eli's now at the age that he can play with it, so it's been getting a lot of use again. Thanks Bets!
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