Baby Meets Cake
Guess Who's a Year Old?!! Yes, ALREADY! I don't know where the year went! "DeeDee" went into the whole cake-thing with some confusion and even a little irritation...but she came out thinking chocolate cake is the best thing that ever happened to her (a girl after my own heart). "What's with this thing on my head? Get it off!" REALLY not liking the party hat! "Wait....what's this?" "Mmmmm...." "Hmmm...there's got to be a better way..." Diving in... Yeah, that works. "Oh yeah...NOW you're talking! This stuff is awesome!" Pure delight!
Our Masked Visitor
Early this week, after lunch was eaten on the patio, and the children had left some crumbs and half-eaten sandwiches behind, a young raccoon appeared out of the rain to clean up. He returned later in the day and I noticed that he was not putting any weight on one foot. It had obviously sustained a serious injury. I began searching the internet to try to find some sort of local wildlife rescuers. What I came up with were a bunch of dead links and disconnected phone numbers. Finally, I was able to reach Lynda of Sky Harbor, who gave us ...
A Day in the Life
Christmas 2009
Just sharing a few photos and captions to recap our family’s Christmas season…. Another strange Florida winter. As I write this in January, while experiencing one of the coldest winters on record for Tampa Bay (sleet and flurries this morning), December saw temperatures ranging from the 30s...
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Happy New Year!
Wow, I just realized that it has been almost 3 months since I have updated this blog (something for which I have been sternly admonished by my children). Life has just kind of gotten in the way. Seven of the children were involved in a fall play, which consumed a great deal of our time from September...
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Labor Day Fun 2009
It was a bittersweet “Labor Day”, due only in part to Rob’s recent job loss, but we celebrated, Florida-style. The weather was perfect, so we gathered with our neighbors at the neighborhood clubhouse for games and sundaes by the pool. First came the Hula-Hooping Contest; an activity...
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The Lowry Park Zoo, Trip 3 – 2009
Our field trip to Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo: Discovering Primates, Storks, Manatees, Stingrays…
The Florida Aquarium – 2009
A photographic account of our field trip to Tampa’s Florida Aquarium in September, 2009.
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