The new baby giraffe was out and about! Eloise was dressed like a tiger! All the neighbors rallied for Laura’s inaugural trip to the zoo! With this many kids we were our own traveling zoo of chaos. Einie meenie minie mo…catch a tiger by her toe!
Zoobies
Summer in the Garden
There has been the slightest of shifts. Instead of blazing hot, high humidity, we’ve had more than a week with temperate mornings, amazing breezy evenings, and days just right for a long, shady walk in the botanical gardens. Sara Michelle and I walked for miles through the Enchanted Forrest, the Potager Garden, the formal grounds—so…
Officer of the Deck
Chris successfully earned his Officer of the Deck letter, which means he can drive the boat. Congratulations on your newest hat, Chris! You did it!
Crabby Summer
We live near the Chesapeake. I eat crab cakes every chance I get. So when Marci asked if I was free Saturday for a neighborhood crab…boil? bake? dinner! I said YES! She and Justin gave excellent crab-cracking tutorials, and we all put on our big kid pants and knocked out the completely gross guts and…
Breakfast with the Animals
This was ok. The cool, rainy weather made the special zoo event feel fresh and exciting. But the hoards of people pushing between Isaac and me and bumping Eloise in the stroller, just to load up their plates with cereal and orange juice, was tiresome. Also there wasn’t enough caffeine. Highlights include meeting up with…
I've Never Been to Wisconsin
A year and a half ago we tromped around the decommissioned USS Alabama in Alabama. I thought of this on Friday morning as our Nauticus museum exploration led us out to the deck of the Wisconsin. That mid-January daytrip was like a break of sunshine. Chris, Isaac and I were coming off a hard year…
Canoe, Ca-NOPE
“When I get back, let’s go canoeing! I can’t wait to go canoeing! Want to go canoeing?” We were so excited to get back out on the water. Today was breezy and cooler than it had been, but Eloise was tired and hot in her life vest and just having none of it. If this…