Kangaroo Farm

Giant Man Child and Kangaroo

It has long been on Mrs Epi's list to visit the Kangaroo Farm in Arlington, WA. I can proudly say that we can cross that one off the list. It was definitely interesting and they really had a lot of kangaroo's. They also had llamas, chickens, ring tailed lemurs, turkey's, donkey's, emu's, and ostrich's. We all petted the Kangaroo's even Mrs Epi. The largest Kangaroo, Jack, had the softest fur much like fleece. We got to feed the kangaroos bits of bread and special food pellets. All the kids held the baby joey. Many people tried to convince me to hold the pellet in my mouth to feed the llama. JUST SAY NO. There were people on our tour who did it but I just couldn't go through with it. It makes my mouth feel dirty just thinking about it.

Chuckles, #1 Son, and Giant Man Child

Bones, Her Highness, and Ms Smarty Pants

The End of Summer

Above is a picture of Back to School 2007. I particularly love Chuckles expression. (Notice the frown) This picture cracks me up. Summer is winding down. The school supplies have been bought. This year I send my children to two different schools . #1 son will be in a special program at a school he has never attended and will have all new people he will be working with. #1 Son will be in the 5th grade. Hopefully, he will also ride the bus. Chuckles will go to the new school behind our house. He will be going to all day Kindergarten. He has NO IDEA what he is in for. School here starts on the 3rd and really Chuckles won't go all day until the 8th. I can't wait to share back to school pictures on the 3rd.

Delays and Silver Linings

The TV was paused on this , "Fight Boring",this morning. I thought that was the perfect motto for Mrs Epi and me. We embarked on end of summer adventure with the kids to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. As always, it was full of adventure. We watched a Speed Super Speedway Film at the Imax there. Mario Anderitti was the main character and he was describing how dangerous racing was for his family but the silver lining is that he got to do with his family. So I am going to put our whole day in the perspective of the silver lining.

45 minutes to park

Silver lining: We parked by the Olympic Sculpture Park that none of us had ever been to. We ate lunch here. We watched the ferry and the train carrying 3 jet liner bodies. Awesome!

Chuckles jumping out at me from behind the giant traffic cone

crazy people/stimulation of the Pacific Science Center
silver lining: We did it with our kids and friends. Yes, they will remember Lego races, bending pennies, butterflies, and an emperor scorpion.


rain, lightening, and crazy rush hour traffic

silver lining: I got to ride along with one of my favorite people, Mrs Epi. I really appreciate her driving. YOU are the bomb! It was actually quiet as all the children were plugged into electronic devices.

I heart Neosporin

We go through neosporin at our house like toilet paper, seriously. Part of the problem is we have the two man wrecking crew and the second part is the little tube always seems to get misplaced. When I went to buy some today, the little tube came with a little plastic case with a magnet on the back. Now, I will never lose the neosporin. Well, maybe not never, but you get the general idea. Because, look below, this is the stuff I've got to deal with.

Face Meet Bike Handles

A Sign

We spent much of Thursday at American Lake. If the sign above wasn't discouraging enough it rained (poured) much of the time we were there. Nonna's work had a family fun day there. We did lots of hiking, blackberry eating, and exploring.

View of the lake

Lego Contest Winners

Here is the library link of all the contest winners from the July Lego Contest. #1 son had to rebuild his for the final photo.

Wordless Wednesday

"Toothless"

The Diva and Chuckles