Today seemed like a great day to go to the zoo. I love having a membership because of days just like today. I didn't really think about it until 30 min before we left. We weren't really doing anything today and the weather seemed perfect. It's great to just decide to go to the zoo, pack a lunch, and go! As you can see another reason it was such a great day was because there was nobody there! This is a picture of the entrance...usually packed with people. So, Rhylan got to see all the animals up close and personal. And she could look at them as long as she wanted because there were no lines waiting for the good spot! She really liked the polar bear. He kept swimming right in front of her, she was pretty excited about it all. We even got to eat lunch with the elephants! We sat on a bench right in front of their cage and ate. Rhylan could go back and forth as she pleased. OH and we saw her favorite animal of all!!!! A DUCK! By the end of our outing Rhylan had gotten her two favorite wild animals at the zoo, the polar bear and the giraffe, figurines! Here is a video of the polar bear and later is a slide show of the animals we liked. I was able to get great picks because of the "crowd."
Today she tried to put on her pants several times. It took her about 30 min to finally get two legs in at the same time! This is about how far she could get them...they kept getting caught on her diaper in the back! But this is still pretty amazing backwards and all.
Last week we make some shakes with strawberry and mango! Rhylan loves to help so she was excited to add the fruit and was amazed when I started the blender!
I saw this on my cousin’s blog and was excited to have something new to post about, I know you are all getting sick of Rhylan J/K. But it is kind of nice for me to talk about something new. I love bragging about my husband. We will see when he gets home how right I was!
1) He's sitting in front of the tv. What is on the screen? The Office or George Lopez
2) You're out to eat...what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Italian
3) What's one food he doesn't like? V8 Juice
4) You go out to eat...what does he order to drink? Root Beer or some fun fruity drink (raspberry lemonade)
5) Where did he go to High School? Oh man I don’t know the name of it. But it was in Crossfield AB
6) What size shoe does he wear? Oh, 9? I could just go cheat and look at his shoes
7) If he was to collect anything, what would it be? candy
8) What's his favorite type of sandwich? BLT
9) What would he eat every day if he could? cereal
10) What's his favorite cereal? He loves so many! Honeycomb, sugar crisp
11) What would he never wear? A Speedo
12) What's his favorite sports team? Calgary Flames
13) Who did he vote for? Uh…he can’t vote yet (still Canadian)
14) Who is his best friend? Me. He also loves his brother in laws Mauricio and Zak
15) What's something you do that he wishes you didn't do? Leave dishes all around the house
16) What is his heritage? He is ¼ Swedish
17) You bake him a cake for his bday...what kind of cake is it? German chocolate
18) Did he play sports in high school? Basket ball, volleyball, soccer, track
19) What could he spend hours doing? Playing the Wii, Watching Lost, Hanging out at a pet store
20) What's one unique talent he has? He is so smart (books and life.)Just ask anyone, he has an unlimited source of facts in his head, go ahead ask him!
Rhylan is loving art time more and more every day. Today our activity was perfect for her. She did it all by herself and didn't want to be done. We even smelt and tasted the other half of the orange! She is pretty proud.
It is neat to live right next to a pond. We have seen so many different types of wild life because of it. Every time I look out my bedroom window I look for something moving out there. This week has been the bird week. Here are some ducks! This is a first. I have never seen ducks here, I hope they stay around. And this bird was here yesterday! If you know what it is let me know. He was huge. I have seen him (probably not the same one) three times this winter. He is blue and gray, it was pretty exciting to see a new bird. I am pretty sure Arizona doesn't have any of these. Flying away empty handed.
First: Make sure your apron is on! Then add the sauce. Next: Add cut up string cheese. Next: Add cut up ham lunch meat. After that put the pizzas on a pan. Now COOK, wow! Enjoy! Devour your yummy creation. Today I decided to have Rhylan help me make lunch. It worked very well, she really loves to have an excuse to wear her new apron (of course she can wear it without an excuse too--she wore it all day yesterday). I think she also likes to eat food she made. This worked nicely because they were only in the oven 8-10 min so she didn't forget about them. As you can see she ate almost the whole thing. Now that I know this works maybe I will try to sneak some puree veggies in the sauce or something!
Okay I am afraid of a fire alarm and Rhylan isn't afraid of geese as tall as she is, even when they are hissing and fighting.
Today we went on a family picnic. It seemed like such a nice day, however the wind made it freezing. We only stayed long enough to run out of bread and then we ran to the car.
Yesterday we got a note on our door saying that there will be a safety check today starting at 9 am lasting all day! It also said the horns and bells in your apartment will go off, it is only a test. First I thought okay, when do I put Rhylan down for a nap? And then as it got to be about 10:30 I couldn't handle it anymore. It was like when I was teaching school and I knew there was going to be a fire alarm that day, I could barely teach. I am always afraid of that sound. Poor second graders they didn't even have a "grown up" to turn to when they were scared. So finally I just left the house. I had every intention of being gone for hours so I would miss the traumatic experience. To waste time we did these things: (it actually turned out to be a nice outing)
1. Go to Sam's Club and buy diapers 2. Share pizza and a hot dog at Sam's 3. Go to the park and swing (Rhylan's request after we saw the swing sets in Sam's)
4. Climb up and down the stairs because we can! 5. Chase birds because we LOVE birds 6. Go for a long walk and scare all of the ducks away!7. Go to the library. 8. Drop off visiting teaching notes and candy. 9. Call the office and see if it is over YET. 10 Go home and completely miss the whole thing! 11. Oh and sneeze for the rest of the day from being out in the "spring" wind
As you can see another reason it was such a great day was because there was nobody there! This is a picture of the entrance...usually packed with people.
So, Rhylan got to see all the animals up close and personal.
And she could look at them as long as she wanted because there were no lines waiting for the good spot!
She really liked the polar bear. He kept swimming right in front of her, she was pretty excited about it all.
We even got to eat lunch with the elephants! We sat on a bench right in front of their cage and ate. Rhylan could go back and forth as she pleased.
OH and we saw her favorite animal of all!!!! A DUCK!
By the end of our outing Rhylan had gotten her two favorite wild animals at the zoo, the polar bear and the giraffe, figurines!
Here is a video of the polar bear and later is a slide show of the animals we liked. I was able to get great picks because of the "crowd."
