There were lots of animals, too!

Oliver and I rode a camel. It was very high and I was a little nervous. The guy said that the top of this camel's hump (where I was sitting) was 7 feet off the ground. The camel was pretty docile though and there were no mishaps.

Here's a close up of the camels face. Rather handsome, isn't he?

Oliver also fed some sheep and petted them, too. He was very brave because I sure wasn't putting my hands anywhere near their icky slimy mouths...yuck!

Oliver and a fairy!!

We saw a fairy hanging out in the middle of the main walkway. She was very pretty so Oliver went over to say hi. When we got up close he wouldn't talk so she reached into her bag...

and pulled out a stone. He promptly took her gift and thanked her. She sprinkled a little fairy dust on him and then...

she played him a song. It was very very sweet.


The fairy wasn't the only person he interacted with. We stopped to listen to a pirate playing a small accordian. Oliver put a couple of quarters in her treasure chest so she sang him a special song...Twinkle Twinkle Little Staaaaargh! We all got a kick out of that!

I forgot this guy...

This was a red-tailed hawk. He wasn't very cooperative during the demonstration. He kept flying up into the trees and such. He was really pretty! The guy showed us how he hunts and told us about how great his eyesight it. He also said that when you hear an eagle in a movie it's actually a red-tailed hawk. Pretty weird.

Renaissance Fair bird show...

This is the great horned owl from the show at the fair. The guy had lots of interesting facts about all the birds he showed. This owl was rescued after a storm knocked him out of the nest and injured him. While he was recovering he got so used to humans that he couldn't go back to the wild. Instead of hooting like a normal owl he makes a noise that baby owls make when they are hungry...he never had a mommy to teach him.
This is Igor. He's a vulture. He is very smart...the guy said he can recognize the yellow paper they wrap turkey legs in and that he'll go after them. When Igor first came out he flew about halfway down the main aisle and peeked under one of the benches. The guy said that TWO YEARS ago he found a turkey leg under that bench and has checked it every show since then. During the show he did end up taking someone's turkey leg because they hadn't put it away (like the man asked at the beginning of the show).

I don't remember the name of this snake but he was very pretty! The guy brought some kids on stage to hold it...they did pretty well but some of them looked pretty scared. He didn't really do much, he was just nice to look at.

Don't look too long, you'll get hypnotised

Intro to Worms 101

First, let Daddy find the worm. He'll hold it and you just stand back and look at it. Don't let it near you - worms are icky!!

After you are sure Daddy put the worm down pick up a stick and show it to everyone. Call it a worm.
Find a shovel. Have Daddy put worms in the shovel so you can look at them. When you are done looking at them fling them back into the dirt.

Finish by filling in the hole Daddy dug.

Oliver did eventually touch a worm. When he did it stuck to his finger for about 1/100th of a second and he cried for about 5 minutes. He had to keep looking over his shoulder, though, to make sure the worm wasn't crawling out of the dirt to get him.

Wyatt enjoying the great outdoors.

I put Wyatt in his cool (hand-me-down) Panthers jacket to go outside but then realized the snaps had all come off! Oh well, he wore it anyway - it wasn't really that cold. Oliver and I showed him leaves and sticks and things...all of which he cooed and laughed at. He spent a good deal of time with his left sleeve in his mouth, though.

Playing around...

Oliver was "fishing" with his glow stick. It is actually battery operated so it's pretty cool. Anyway it has a string on one end and he was using it to "catch" the fish. I actually made that fish using Bob's jigsaw...or scroll saw?...band saw? ok some kind of saw, but I made it!

Here he is being a jedi. I love the action shot!

adorable brothers...

Oliver and Wyatt were playing on the playmat and I got some super cute shots.

this is what we call the gleeeeeeeee face!

History was made tonight!!!

Wyatt rolled from tummy to back for the first time tonight!! Great job, Wyatt!!!

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I love this baby face...

and I love this big boy face...

that's all.

I voted!

Yesterday we waited in line for about an hour to vote. This was my first time voting...ever. It was easy. The touch screen made everything super simple. While we were waiting in the line Oliver was really well behaved for the most part and Wyatt hung out (asleep half the time) in the Moby. I've had 3 people call or come by the house today trying to get me to vote for someone or other. Weird


Anyway, Oliver is now next to me saying "Mim...Maverick! Drill, Baby, Drill!!" --too funny!!

Halloween fun

Oliver ws doing a lot better after his nap and some chicken soup so we decided to go out to Reedy Fork for some trick or treating. Oliver was, of course, Batman - the only one we saw. Wyatt was in the Moby, which is orange, so I got some black felt and made a Jack-O-Lantern face and stuck it on. He was super cute! When we started out Oliver was shy whenever anyone opened the door but he always said thank you when he got the candy. After a while he would say "treat please" when they opened the door...I think he got extra candy because he was so cute! At one point a guy opened the door and said "What do you say?" and Oliver replied "Give it!!"...I think that was the funniest part of the evening. Anyway, Oliver did really well walking around and was only scared a few times when the people giving out candy were dressed up really scary. One guy even scared me - I thought he was a mannequin but then he moved and I almost jumped out of my skin! Oh how we all laughed after that. Wyatt did well, too. He hung out in the sling and made adorable faces at people. We had a super night!

I don't feel good :(

Poor Oliver has a horrible cold. He's got a stuffy runny nose, a horrible cough and he just seems miserable. He was up until 12:30 last night coughing and just couldn't get to sleep. Finally I took him to the rocking chair and rocked him until he fell asleep. He seems a little better today. I'm pumping him full of juice/water and chicken soup in the hopes that he'll be better by trick or treat time. He's very snuggly today - I guess that means he really doesn't feel well at all. Poor baby!

Boooooonanas for breakfast!

Happy Schmappy Halloween!!

If I make this face will it freeze that way?

Playing on the playmat...together...

Oliver got down with Wyatt this afternoon and played with him on the playmat. He really wanted to hold Wy's hand but couldn't get a good hold on it. Wyatt kept waving it around

Then it was tummy time. Oliver wanted to have tummy time, too, so he did just what Wyatt did...

When Wyatt got his head up, Oliver got his up ...look how well Wyatt is getting up!

Oliver was also very good at encouraging Wyatt. He says "Good Jobby!!"

Bob's hard work

Bob worked all day Sunday taking down the shelves, cleaning up the porch, taking down the wall, and then putting everything back up and reorganizing. He did a super job and I really like the way the shelves are now. This was, of course, to make room for the new freezer.

He ain't heavy...he's my brother!

Oliver holding Wyatt in the boppy. He looks so proud of himself when he can help take care of Wyatt.

I think this is hilarious...

Check it daily ..it'll be updated every day until Nov 4th. Click on EVERYTHING (and some things more than once...like the sides of the desk and the door)...almost everything does something now...so funny!!