Year: 2011

I was overjoyed at my reward for doing well at the studio yesterday. Mommy took us to the aquarium for the entire day!

I just loved seeing all the animals. The crowds were pretty light other than a few school groups but we stayed ahead of them.

The horseshoe crabs had Emmerson and me giggling for a long time. I think I was more happy that no one was hustling me along and I could watch for as long as I wanted.

After spending nearly an hour watching the otters swim around we visited the rest of the wetlands. This spoonbill kept splashing me with water!

We watched a show about training animals. I don’t think I took my eyes or ears off things. I told Mommy I really want to learn more about training animals. They had a trained skunk, hawk, gopher tortoise, and a 9 banded armadillo. I was really impressed that they could train so many different animals.

The alligator was not really trained but desensitized to people (a dangerous thing as they get bigger).

One of my highlights! I LOVE leafy sea dragons!

I greatly enjoyed checking out all the seahorses.

Okay Mom stop taking me away from the fish for silly pictures!

Creating our own weird fish combinations.

We took a really neat behind the scenes tour of the aquarium. I loved the “commissary” or kitchen where they prep all the food for the animals. I learned how there are more volunteers than actual employees at the aquarium.

A view from above!

I was right up front the entire time.

I made sure I never left the guides side! She gave a lecture about keeping our hands off of things and feet behind the yellow lines. I walked with my hands in my pockets and was super careful for to cross the lines.

Once again, right up front! I really wanted o know what was in the bucket of food!

Watching feeding time for the fish!

The giant sea turtle was pretty cool. He was such a pig!

The end of our tour was petting another alligator!

I was right up in the front again. Mommy said I needed to step back. I missed that the guide was slowly stepping backwards whenever I got a bit too close. Completely fearless! haha

On the way out I saw this sign!!! OTTERS!

They have a tunnel under the ground where the otters can enter the indoor habitat for the night.

At the end of the day I really wanted to spend some of my savings to adopt an otter. You got a stuffed animal, a tote bag, picture and certificate and a few other things. The best part was that the money goes to helping the two new baby otters that they recently acquired.

What a great day at the aquarium. We played until after 4pm. So much fun!

The artist of the music program I attend (Music with Mar) asked me to come to the studio to help lay down some new songs for her upcoming album. I was a nervous wreck and actually had a queazy tummy before we got there. I had practiced a few times a day for the last few weeks. As soon as I got the headphones I went into a different world. I loved hearing the music and my voice in my ears.

I made sure that I shared with the production guy (Mr. Mark) my “Rawr! Dinosaur on a bike!” song. Someday I will record it! I hope!

Several other kids came to sing as well. We had a fun time. Here I am singing my line in one of the songs.

I will post a link once the album is up for sale!

The day after we picked up Uncle Matt at the airport it started to snow.

Mommy took Emmerson and me outside to try to catch snowflakes on our tongues.

SNOWFLAKES!

A few hours later everything was covered in white.

Mommy wrote a note to me on the driveway.

The next morning Mommy and Uncle Matt took me to the sled hill for a few trips down.

Weeeee.

Nothing beats a kid and his sled.

I wanted to make snowmen since the snow was perfect for it. This is Emmerson-Snowman.

The Breighton snowman.

The Mommy and Mommy-Snowman.

Uncle Matt helped me finish the tall one up.

I was so proud. After the snow melted away the remaining snowballs lasted for a few extra days. It was neat to see them when we drove through town.

I even made a few snow angles.

Later in the day I made a mini-snowman on the front porch. I decorated him later with sticks and even gave him a little scar of his forehead. Eventually it warmed up and fell over face first onto the porch.

This snow is crazy!

Spring is obviously here in Florida. My yellow squash are getting huge.

They are taking up a ton of the garden space.

My sugar snap peas are starting to climb the trellis.

The zucchini are coming up nicely.

My nasturtiums.

I think I actually have carrots coming up!!!

We wrapped up our wonderful vacation with a trip to Mill Creek Farm for the Animal Baby open house.

They had babies of nearly every farm animal except horses!

We played on all the tractors.

Stuck our heads in all the holes.

Stuck our arms and fingers in every cage possible.

We even managed to get through the crowds to touch some of the animals they had out of their cages.

Hay! Hay is for horses not for little boys and girls!

We ha d grand time in Ohio even if the weather was kind of unpredictable. I wish we got pictures of Grandma Susie or Great Granny. I can’t wait to go back up for the 4th of July.