A Trip To The Farm

Today we went to Miller's Dairy Farm for a tour of the farm and we got to see lots of animals- baby duck, baby skunk, baby rabbit, newborn calf, horses, goats, alpacas, geese, peacocks, pigs, cows, roosters, chickens, etc. Rachel got to have a try at milking a cow and we had a hay ride and some ice cream. It was a fun day!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

Fire Station Tour

Monday we had a tour of the Green fire station- which Rachel did not enjoy very much. Then we went swimming even though I had a sore throat. By Tuesday I was miserable and we missed our Tuesday play group. We are still having a fun summer vacation!

Kittens!

A stray cat had kittens in our (weeds) backyard. They are very cute- there are four kittens and a mama cat. They won't let us get close at all. We felt bad for mama cat and put some food and water out.

Strawberry picking and a covered bridge

Today was the first official day of summer vacation. We went strawberry picking at Greenfield Berry Farm (it was a nice cloudy day). And later we went through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to see the Everett Covered Bridge.

Then it looked like rain so we stopped at home to have a picnic in the front yard.

Last Day of School!

School is out for summer! The year just seemed to fly by. Rachel cried on the first day because she didn't want to go to school. And she cried on the last day because she didn't want to leave!

first day (wth teacher):

last day (with teacher):

Trip to the Zoo

We went to the zoo over the weekend and the weather was great and it was not crowded at all. Rachel loves to play in the zoo keeper's "kitchen". Here's a photo from the butterfly garden.
Hopefully we will have time to do lots of fun stuff this summer as school is almost out!

Happy Mother's Day!

Hope you have a Happy Mother's Day! (artwork by Rachel)

bye, bye kitty...

We had to have our family cat put to sleep today. She was 18+ years old and lived a great life. She just took a turn for the worse about 2 weeks ago and went downhill fast. It was very sad for me.

Not Strep Throat

Rachel wasn't feeling too good this week, but she does not have strep throat. She is, however, facinated with all things "doctor". She got to have her throat swabbed- which she didn't like very much. Here she is with her doctor kit.

Post-Easter, Easter Egg Hunt

We had a day-after-Easter, Easter egg hunt in the park today with our playgroup. Boy was it cold! I am not hiding all the candy as we are all "candied" out!

Rachel got an apron for Easter since she like to help me bake muffins. Here she is hamming it up- I think it looks like she is playing "air guitar".

Happy Easter week!

It's almost Easter- we got Easter pictures taken- doesn't she look grown up? (such attitude already!) Hope you and your family have a blessed Easter.

Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!

Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!

Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!

Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

Charles Wesley

The bean plant is growing

Our bean plant in a cup is growing on my kitchen window sill.

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Trip to the Zoo

Our first trip to the Zoo of the season. Rachel really liked the rock wall in the Jelly Fish area and the animal feeding play area by the lions. It turned out to be such a nice day with our play group.

Our bean plant

We planted some bean seeds in a cup to see what would grow- they have sprouted on the window ledge.

Trip to Splash Lagoon

We went on a mini-vacation to Splash Lagoon so Rachel could go swimming. She liked the little pool and the "deep" pool (to her). She also enjoyed the lazy river tubes.

Playdate at the Y

Rachel & I got to go to a playdate at the YMCA today. There was an open gym with lots of fun stuff to do. Rachel liked the trampoline and the round "donut".

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Napping

The afternoon nap has been kind of hit or miss now. I think she still really needs a nap or she can be very grumpy in the evening. She hates waking up though once she is all warm in cozy in bed! (OK- mom still really needs the nap!)