A Day at the Museum

A few weeks ago we went to the Louisiana Art and Science Museum. We didn't spend much time looking at real art due to the wild toddler we brought with us. Grace does not want to be held, she doesn't want to hold hands, but she does, in fact, want to run around like a child raised by wolves. Yes, a museum was a splendid idea. Really though, I picked it because of the children's area they have. There's a Discovery Depot and Science Station. The Science Station was a little too big for her, but she felt right at home in the Discovery Depot. She climbed and crawled and played. There was a miniature kitchen, so I sat Grace at the table. While I was helping her get seated Daddy made a plastic pizza. Grace was not pleased that we tricked her. She loved all the cool toys and houses and things to climb on.

Duck Crazy

I think Grace secretly wishes she was a duck. We have a family of ducks in our neighborhood and they're very friendly. One of our neighbors actually has them eating straight out of his hand. We've recently been feeding them too, but not out of our hands. I'm still to nervous, since they get so excited. I don't want them getting too wild and trying to take one of Grace's finger with them when they go. Oakley and Itchy start barking, of course, as they make their way onto the porch to let us know they're here. That's right they come right up to the porch and wait. Grace gets so excited and runs around the house screaming. She runs to the nearest parent for shoes and then she's out the door. She definitely more interested in talking to them than actually feeding them. She squats and walks towards them quacking. Well it actually sounds more like, aah, aah, aah, aah. But really it's the cutest.

This Age is so Difficult

My, "Mr. Fix-It"

A while back the lawnmower broke. My Dad came over and he and Jared worked on it and got fixed it up. The very next weekend while I was giving Grace a bath I could hear Jared cutting the front. I kept hearing him turn the mower on, turn it off, and back on again. After I put Grace to bed I found Jared in the backyard staring at the mower. I guess he was willing it to work. Finally it just died and wouldn't start again. He had to push the beast back to the garage. He ordered a new carburetor and picked up a new battery. The next weekend he set to work and conquered the beast. I was so proud.



And what did Grace do while Daddy fixed the mower?
Well she had a snack and went for a walk.