Teacher Appreciation Card

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and tomorrow the kids in Bailey's class are going to bring the teachers a card and a flower from their garden. Today we made our card. We made finger print flowers and mod podged a tissue paper vase. I love how it turned out! Gregory made a larger version so he could join in the fun too.

(Note to self: Remember to close the blinds when taking pictures!)

Bailey's Card

Gregory's picture

Our garden update...

We planted our second round of lettuce and it's looking pretty good! Gregory can't wait to have a salad. Our strawberries are also looking great. We've picked four (very small) berries so far!

Celebrating Mother's Day in Stockton

Today we went to Stockton to celebrate Mother's Day. We drove down after lunch and the kids had a great time swimming in the (freezing cold) water with Daddy. Dinner was yummy as always and we all had a great time playing, laughing and chatting. Smilebox slide show to follow. The show loops so hit the "X" in the upper right corner to exit.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

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A Wednesday Field Trip

Daddy took the day off so he could watch the kids this afternoon while I went to the doctor. He had planned to work on the cabinets while we were at therapy this morning. But therapy was cancelled, so we decided to take the kids to the zoo.

We thought we'd be the only ones at the zoo, but again we ran into field trip day with a bunch of elementary school kids. The kids (our kids) were still able to see their favorite animals, use their zoo keys (the highlight of zoo trips these days) and ride the merry-go-round.

It was a fun morning and they always love having Daddy around.

We hunt for zoo key boxes instead of looking at the animals

Bailey brushing the goat

Gregory watching from afar with his brush

Bailey in the tree house

Bailey on the rhino

Gregory on the cheetah

Ladybugs

This month, Bailey is learning about bugs at preschool and today they had a ladybug hunt. She caught and brought home ten ladybugs! She wanted to keep them in the cup to show Daddy, but they weren't looking to happy. So we released them after lunch. She tells me hunting for ladybugs was the favorite part of her day today.

Lorikeet Birds at Mickey Grove Zoo!

Today we went to Stockton to visit Grandpa, Grandma and Hibachan. When we arrived Grandma told us there are lorikeet birds at Mickey Grove Zoo! We had so much fun with the lorikeet birds in Long Beach so we decided to go and check it out. Today was the first day the exhibit was opened to the public and I think EVERY elementary school in Stockton had a field trip planned to visit the zoo. I've never seen such a busy zoo - especially the zoo in Stockton. Well, it was a good thing they limit the amount of people in the lorikeet exhibit. When we got there we got in line and bought some nectar to feed the birds. When we went inside the birds didn't seem to be very hungry, but I think all the kids were making them nervous. Once the place thinned out a bit they started to come down and feed. I had to carry Bailey so she could reach them, but they ate from her hand. Sorry, no photos of her feeding them, but I got a couple of shots of the birds. So pretty.

Riding the tortoise

Looking for birds

When we got home, the kids opened the Easter eggs that Aunty Kristin filled for the egg hunt (that we missed). Since we were home sick, Aunty brought them to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the kids to open.