Spent the day at the Minnesota Zoo today. We met all the animals and played in the splash park. We even saw the farm animals but it still seems weird to go to the zoo to see cows. They also have a nice new outdoor themed play area for all ages.
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Backyard Dragonfly Up Close & Personal
Lily found a dragonfly on her play house today. He stayed there nearly all day too and allowed us to get an up close and personal look at the amazing insect. You can see an even bigger version on Flickr.
This is why we live outside the city.
We live outside the city because of views like this from our backyard. We see trees, not houses, we have a large yard for our daughter to run around in, and we have the ability to look up at night and see stars. It is quiet, it is spacious, and it is beautiful.
Happy 6th Birthday Lily!
Happy Birthday to my awesome little girl. Six wonderful years and so much fun.
We crash landed in a rose bush.
I forget how much fun the simplest toys are. This is a flimsy free airplane that is great fun!
Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Turned a tree stump into a pie chart.
Had to remove a dead tree a few weeks ago and have been worried about someone not seeing the stump on the yard and tripping over it. So we decided to paint it for now. Lily and the neighbor kids all got to pick a color and paint a section that was created by the […]
Just Another Day At The Park
We sure have fun finding parks. Some of the equipment at this one in Hopkins is challenging but we still love it!
Lily’s playhouse was not a fan of the storms last night.
In the height of the storms, I turned on the backyard lights to find a pretty sizable branch in our back yard from the neighbors tree. Our playhouse looked a little scared. When I looked again this morning, I noticed there two branches (0ne out of the photo) which missed the fence and the playhouse. Luckily this appears to […]