David Building & Learning

Here are some more of David's recent creations.  For a while he was constantly making angels.  Now this...

 He says this is Grandma in heaven driving an Angel Prius.

 And this is Great in heaven.

Funny thing is that he's too young to remember that Great loved hats and big mugs!

 Obviously, Galileo for studying Jupiter.

I had to turn our recent trip to the Arboretum into a learning experience, so we made a folder for it.  Blogger is not accepting my cover photo right now, but on the cover, David chose his favorite photos of the tulips.  It's really pretty.  Here's the inside:

Here's the recent folder we did for Jupiter:

 Can you name this Looney Tunes character?

Hint: He's drinking a root beer.

 (ok, that's not really a hint)

 This was a really cool demonstration of the storm on Jupiter.

I previously thought Saturn was the coolest planet, but David seems to think it's moons are cooler than the planet, especially the one named Titan.  We ended up with not as much to fill our folder on this one, so we added a second illustration, looking from above Saturn.  You can see in David's view from above (illustration on the right) that he included two of the shepherd moons, as well as some sort of alien attack on the planet.

 My illustration is under David's.

Tiny Talk Tuesday

David at the Arboretum yesterday

I didn't pay attention this week, so I don't remember the things I know were said.  Last night, David said, "I'm gonna need you to sew me a green nightcap."  That's interesting...

Rebekah is talking a lot.  She's fast.  She's a climber and an explorer.  This week she has eaten raw oatmeal, licked peanut butter off a large (and dangerous) knife, sucked the fresh-from-the-barn dust & poo off the eggs, and eaten a half a box of curiously strong Altoids.  She's growing healthy and strong in spite of herself.

 "Leave the money in there!"

and I wasn't the only Mom I heard say it yesterday!

The Arboretum: The Family Pictures

Today Grandpa took us to Dallas Blooms at the Arboretum.  We have a super fun time!  I didn't really try to pose the kids too much - just took pictures where they were with a "look at mom" thrown in.  We did see plenty of kids dressed in their Sunday finest with parents trying to pose them.  We saw them and we chuckled...  In other posts, I'll show the amazing flowers and the educational opportunity.

 Elizabeth was running around chanting, "It's pink, it's pink..."

 Looking at the giant goldfish.

 Um... I don't think that's a path...

 Yeah... Dad made Rebekah cry with that one.

 Oh, look, I was there too!

 

The Arboretum: The Educational Stuff

Today Grandpa took us to Dallas Blooms at the Arboretum.  It's been several years since I've been and they have added a lot to it, including the educational displays.  In other posts, I'll show our kid & family fun and the amazing flowers. 

 Our first educational display was the bugs.  Of course, David spotted some rolly-pollies and tried to step on them.  Then they saw these:

What keen observers children are!  Those are ladybug larvae!

Elizabeth spotted this full grown ladybug (above) on the flowers.

Can you find it?

Then she found this one on the bricks coming out of the restroom!

She stopped traffic around it as it walked on the walk.

They have installed a "Texas Pioneer Adventure" at the back of the park.

 Bekah: Wha dat?

Grandpa: That's a wash pot.

 David was especially interested in the Indian tepee.

 Also a new exhibit is the Fairy Tale Castles.  We didn't see all of them today, but here are a couple.

 See the pinkish castle behind the flowers?

So we did get some learning done today after all!