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Hailey’s First Day of School

Ethan — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:45:40 +0000

Time flies… as today Hailey headed off to her first day of kindergarten! Casey took her to the bus stop in the morning. Below are a few photos of her ready to go!

The last two photos are of Hailey in her classroom the day before her first day. Her school had kindergarteners come to school with their parents, so they could get familiar with the school. It also gave us parents a chance to see their room and what the kids would be doing during the day.

Baltimore Aquarium

Ethan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:49:50 +0000

Casey and I took Hailey and Tyler to the Baltimore Aquarium in the inner harbor. It was Hailey and Tyler’s first visit to the aquarium. Casey and I were shore that they the kiddos were going to have a great time seeing all the sea and wild life! Well that last statement was about 65% true.

Hailey had a great time and wanted to see everything, but Tyler didn’t want to walk, didn’t want to be held, and didn’t want anyone telling him what to do. He was running into people, telling people to move, and generally not a happy camper. I guess it is to be expected when you coupe up a 2 1/2 year hold for a 3 hour drive.

Anyhow, once we got away from the crowded areas, Tyler seemed to do better. He liked seeing the fishies swimming around and around in the huge circular fish tank, and liked the turtles in the rain forest displays. Below are a few photos from our trip.

Hands-on House Children’s Museum

Ethan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:36:27 +0000

Casey and I took Hailey and Tyler to the Hands-on House Children’s Museum in Lancaster, PA. We had a lot of fun visiting this time, it was a weekday and we pretty much had the place to ourselves. As you can see below, Hailey enjoyed face painting. Tyler enjoyed make believe land and the factory.

Pittsburgh Visit

Ethan — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:05:08 +0000

Tyler, Hailey, Casey, and I all went to Pittsburgh early in the summer to visit our good friends Andi and Rob. Andi was having her wedding shower, Casey and Hailey attended.

While we were in Pittsburgh, we decided to check out some of the sites. First was the Pittsburgh Zoo, it was a very nice zoo, but it was pretty hot that day, so hot that most of the animals were just lounging around. Tyler and Hailey loved the Elephants (there were some baby ones too)!

Secondly, we visited the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. This place was awesome! They had a huge exhibit associated with the Mr. Roger’s show. They also had several industrial exhibits; which I think were the favorites of the kids. We spent about an hour at the museum before heading to Andi’s shower.

We finished our trip to Pittsburgh with dinner at the P.F. Chang’s, yum!

Butterflies: They are here!

Ethan — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:39:47 +0000

Yesterday, the butterflies emerged from their transformation. Hailey was really excited, and wanted to release them outside. We released them in the back yard and took a few photos.

Butterflies: They are all in chrysalis now!

Ethan — Sat, 15 May 2010 01:53:41 +0000

Our caterpillars went into chrysalis last night. They are all hanging from the top of the cup. They sure did make a huge mess. Should be interesting to see how long it takes for them to change and emerge as a butterflies?

Butterflies: Bigger and Messy

Ethan — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:00:18 +0000

We observed our future butterflies this evening, the kids noticed that there was a lot of mess in their container… yuck Hailey said. They seem to be eating alot of their food now and they are obviously growing, longer than an inch now.

: Bigger and Messy

MillBrook Marsh Nature Center Visit

Ethan — Sat, 08 May 2010 04:48:39 +0000

Today I took the kids to the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center in State College. We have never been to the place, so we decided to check it out. It was a nice day, sunny and not too hot. The kids loved walking on the board walk, but also enjoyed walking on the grassy paths.

We saw lots of birds, even heard a wood pecker once. We saw fish in the streams. We also got to observe a really big ant hill. The kids were very interested in the ant hill, since it was almost 2 feet high. We met some nice doggies and their owners walking on the trails.

Below are a few photos we took while on our visit to Millbrook.

Butterflies: Hailey is excited and they are growing

Ethan — Sat, 08 May 2010 04:32:17 +0000

So Hailey asked me to show a photo of her with her gift, the butterfly garden kit. Here she is excited about her gift and can’t wait to see how they grow.

Hailey excited about her butterfly garden kit present

The caterpillars at this point are about 1/2 inch long. They are also very active, moving around and eating a lot.

Caterpillars: day 2

Stay tuned for more butterfly updates.

Butterflies: Package Arrived

Ethan — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:08:06 +0000

Today my daughter’s birthday present from my sister’s family arrived. It is an Insect Lore Butterfly Garden kit!

Butterfly Garden Kit

So basically as you can see in the image you get a container with butterfly caterpillars in it and a butterfly habitat. The caterpillars are currently a little over 1cm long.

Caterpillars

Hailey and I are going to try to post photos and descriptions every few days just to show how they are growing. Should be exciting.