Entries from August 2017 ↓

Ezri & Alice hugging each other for 4 years and counting.

They are so excited to be in the same class this year for 3rd grade.

My third and first grader are ready for the start of school Thursday.

Eric made a camera obscura. We also discovered other crescent shadow shapes which was mind bending.

Before the eclipse playing pokemon cards and eating popcorn.

Eclipse Viewing

There was a nice group assembled in front of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah. People came from all over. The darkness fell and Eric’s app told us when it was safe to look up with the naked eye and when to put our eclipse glasses back on. A man shared his telescope so we could get a closer look.

We stayed at a Comfort Inn with a pool the night before.

Sharing a bed did not help them get to sleep.

Ezri was suitably impressed by the crescent sun. The coolness of the air and darkness of mid-day with Venus visible in the sky was eerily amazing.

The 12 hour drive through eclipse traffic jam to get home was epic in its own way. The 1am pouring thunderstorm was the cherry on the hours of parking lot of the expressway. The drive took 6 hours down by way of comparison. Still kids have declared it TOTALITY WORTH IT.

Ezri claims this sugary rainbow is unicorn poop that she collected over at Alice’s house.

Ivan stamps his foot and says, “Ezri, that is just cookie!”
Ezri is sticking to the unicorn poop story.

Uno Game – victory is important to both kids

We stayed within walking distance from this store which had Pokemon cards for the kids to browse.

Eric bought the kids nose flutes at the Inland Octopus toy store.

In front of the rental house on leaving day

We toured the science building and the library on campus. Ezri loved the sparkly crystals the Geology department owns and displays in the science building.

Playground time

Splash pad

Round two of gelato at The Patisserie. Ezri’s aunt and uncle signed their wedding papers in this sweets and coffee shop five years ago which was worth celebrating with gelato. And then we needed to go back because the gelato was delicious.

On the plane to Bozeman

Wonder Woman movie viewing with Amanda and Grandpa Mark. We had the whole theater to ourselves. It was great to share the Amazonian heroics.

Bozeman Beach

Ezri made a sand bunny with duck feather ears.

The first rule of vacation was No trips to the E.R. Rule 2 was Have fun. Somewhere much farther down the list we had to add No tossing sand in the air.

At the grandparents’ house

Morning work on the deck. Mark is browsing social media. Ezri is drawing cute versions of farm animals.

Stegosaur hat from Amanda’s youth rides again.

Love this photo of the happiness.

Chico Resort & Hot Springs
Eight is old enough for a trail ride with great views of the mountains. Ezri pointed this out last year when she was a mere 7 and was so thrilled we returned this year so she could ride.
Ezri rode Mike and Amanda rode Rowdy. If you were worried, Rowdy hasn’t been rowdy in years and years.

Clark’s Fork restaurant has bacon, pancakes, and sunflowers.

The kids enjoyed the annual sweet pea festival parade which featured a children’s hockey team handing out popsicles on rollerblade skates and a cadre of therapy ponies and miniature horses. The street cleaner truck spraying water as the grand finale was a fan favorite. Also, it cleaned up some horse poop.

Ezri and Ivan found a tomato shaped like butt in Aunt Pat’s greenhouse.