Day One: 2007

Cincinnati Art Museum

Today, Johannah, Liam, Caitrin and I visited the Cincinnati Art Museum on a rainy day. Loved our time.





We love the Chihuly chandalier in the entryway of the museum.









Our Cincinnati Van Gogh.




Liam, exhausted in front of the Underground Railroad.

Birding with Liam

Went birding with Liam today in Sharon Woods.

Here's our list of birds we spotted:

Red Tailed Hawk (in flight!)
2 nuthatches
dozens of sparrows
1 titmouse
7 cardinals
5 chickadees
10 male mallards
1 morning dove
4 robins
a flock of Canada geese overhead in a V
1 goose who took off into flight right in front of us!
3 downy woodpeckers

AND 1 unidentified bird that hitched its way up a tree trunk and disappeared into a little hole in the tree right before my very eyes! I am going to try to find that one in my birding book.

We had a glorious time! I've got wet jeans up to my ankles but a warm heart. Liam and I must have exchanged a dozen hugs; he was quick to ask if we could do this every Sat. I'm inclined to say yes!

Nature walking: good for the soul.

2007 and we're off!!

We started Watership Down today and did some murderous maths. WD is going to be a wonderful book. I've enjoyed the books we've read this year. This one, though, already feels special.

Caitrin and Liam hadn't ever made teddy bear bread when Eva Christensen posted a photo of the older kids when little posing with their teddy bears. We had such fun doing it together!

Jacob is working through the HHS book and is on the third exercise. Today he worked on paragraphs about Harry Potter and did a great job.

Teddy Bear Tea (Liam, Jake and Caitrin)