tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447969183903208722024-02-07T16:05:27.888-05:00An Indiana Mom!Food, crafts, and family fun!Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.comBlogger461125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-15630369322009591552018-08-18T23:33:00.000-04:002018-08-18T23:33:41.278-04:00Where has the year gone?A friend had messaged me not long ago to tell me that she loved my blog, and how I had it set up. After a little chuckle, I realized that I had not touched this blog in well over a year! When I posted last, L was just picking out what instrument he was going to play his first year of Middle school and here I sit, D just finishing up her 3 weeks band practice with her trombone ready for her first year of Middle school. We sure have packed a lot in this last year.<br />
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L did amazing in middle school, he played and excelled at playing the trombone, had many honors classes and made high honor roll, his first year as a Boy Scout, running cross country, being on the Lego Robotics team, learning to play Magic the Gathering, breaking both arms in a freak skiing accident, and now growing taller than me with his voice starting to change.<br />
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D finished her last year in elementary, finished her 2nd year as a Junior Girl Scout, sang in Circle the State with Song, ran in Running is Elementary, tried her hand at a number of afterschool sports clubs, spent a week away at Girl Scout Horse camp, and started to learn to play the saxophone. She is really looking forward to the start of middle school next week, especially the library.<br />
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We bought a house! That was pretty much the biggest thing over the last year. Seated on just under 2 acres of mostly wooded land, we found a 1963 3 bedroom home. Each kid finally for the first time in their lives has their own room. We also rescued 2 stray female kittens, and brought home and raised 10 chickens, although we are now down to 8 and still awaiting eggs. In Jan we took a family vacation to Orlando, the first time all 4 of us flew together, and spent a long weekend in the Harry Potter section of Universal Studios. We have all gained new friends, and lost some of the old sadly, and have overall been loving life to the fullest. I hope to try to maintain the blog a bit more, but with extra time at a minimum I'm just not sure how often that will occur. And as a funny side note: This was my 10 year anniversary of this blog! Thanks for reading!<br />
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<br />Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-63554177505377243372017-03-08T19:48:00.001-05:002017-03-08T19:48:55.867-05:00Almost in middle school: Instrument selection. <br />
It is hard to believe some days, but L is soon to be 11 and graduating from 5th grade. That means next year he will be in middle school, scary! The fun and exciting process started a few weeks back when the middle school choir, band, orchestra, and art class came to our school to have a talk with just the 5th graders. Our students got to hear all about these fun opportunities and listen to some music. (also fun side note, our principal jumped in on the piano and played while everyone sang, then kept on playing all through both lunch periods!). So last night came the fantastic night of going into the middle school and getting to try a bunch of instruments out in person. Adam had to work that evening, so D, L and I headed out. We had been talking over the last few weeks about what he would like to choose. He was set on playing the saxophone and then came home yesterday adding the cello to the mix. We headed in and he was thrilled to see so many kids he knew from both our current school and our former school. I asked him if that made him feel a bit more comfortable and he agreed it sure did.<br />
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We signed in and got a number on our paper, then waited. I know I enjoyed looking around at all the other kids trying out instruments while we waited. You could tell some kids felt very comfortable with what they had in their hands, and others didn't. Then it was L's turn. The gentleman from the instrument company was very kind, and patient. L said that he was really just interested in the saxophone, so he was given just the mouthpiece with the reed to try out. L was instructed how to put it in his mouth and how to blow and make the sound. I could tell he was sort of nervous, but quickly relaxed. He did pretty good with just the mouthpiece so they let me hold the entire saxophone. L struggled a bit once it was the whole instrument. Not necessarily holding it, but making the same sounds he did when it was just the mouthpiece. He was told he could try up to 3 instruments, and would he like to try anything else. On a whim, he said trombone. Shocked me. The gentleman told him how to hold his mouth again and buzz into just the mouthpiece. L did amazing! The guy challenged him to make a higher and lower pitched sound explaining how to do that, and L was able to get it right away. He then thought he would try the trumpet. Since he came to the trombone so quickly I thought this one might as well, but that didn't seem to be the case. L struggled right away. He gave it a great try, but it just didn't seem to be his thing.<br />
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We then went and waited for the stringed instruments. Luckily by the time we got there, there was no line. A kind lady from the instrument company asked him what he was interested in and let him try a cello. He did really well, getting the hang of how you need to move the bow to get different sounds. She then had him stand and try the violin. Again he did really well, and got the hang of using a bow.<br />
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It was time to check out and decide. I asked L what he was leaning toward, and without hesitation he exclaimed the trombone! I honestly did not see that coming, but am so very happy with the choice. He really did excel at that instrument while we were there, and all the trombone players I have known have been great people. We signed up for the short summer class he will need to attend, and talked to the company about rental, and were on our way.<br />
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<br />Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-77428834575016795272017-03-05T19:06:00.000-05:002017-03-05T19:06:30.299-05:00How has it been almost a year already?Where has the time gone? It was almost a year ago the last time I posted, and boy has so much happened in that year.<br />
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L had his last 2 camp outs as a Cub Scout, D transitioned to a Junior scout, we celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary, Adam was in an accident where it was him on a bicycle versus a car (I would say he won, because he had minimal injuries considering he was hit by a car), I had a road trip to Michigan for a girl's weekend where our car decided the transmission was done, the kids and I took our first flights in an airplane (mine to San Diego with my best friend), the kids and I took a 10 day trip to Maui to visit my mom and her husband, Adam had to have hand surgery to correct damage done from the accident, I took another road trip to Ohio to celebrate a friend's 40th birthday, we had to buy a new car, school started again (4th and 5th grades), many many afterschool programs, I started to work at the school, science fair projects, Girl Scout cookie season, Circle the State with song choir, pinewood derby, and so much more!!!!<br />
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Here are a few pictures from the past year. I hope to be better about posts this next year.<br />
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L running in the Running is Elementary Race</div>
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May the 4th celebration at the library</div>
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Mother's day winery hopping</div>
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My first ever flight, with my best friends to San Diego</div>
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D's 9th birthday party</div>
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L's 10th birthday party</div>
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Scout night with the South Bend Cubs</div>
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12th wedding anniversary</div>
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D dressed as Hermione at a Potter library event</div>
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My girls weekend in Michigan</div>
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Kids first ever flight, 10 days in Maui</div>
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On top of the volcano</div>
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A shark sighting at the beach</div>
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First day of 4th and 5th grade</div>
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Seeing Ruth Bader Ginsberg talk at ND</div>
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I was able to meet the wonderful author, Jen Lancaster, at a local event.</div>
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D had Girl Scout archery camp</div>
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It was a very Potter Halloween this year for our family.</div>
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We took our annual Christmas trip to Chicago.</div>
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We both got to go on the annual 4th and 5th grade ski field trip.</div>
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L's science fair project.</div>
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L won 3rd place in the entire pack for Pinewood Derby this year. </div>
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D was able to sing in a multi-school choir</div>
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Over the last year, my family has helped my father clean out my grandparent's home. They didn't pass away, but they did need to be moved into assisted living. As they are now in their 90's, their health had taken a turn for the worse, and they needed more help then just themselves at home. So that left a packed home that my dad was trying to clean out on his own, while still working a very full time job. We took 2 full days over the course of a month last spring and just tackled the majority of the house. Because they lived through the Depression, they felt the need to keep pretty much everything, "you never know when you might need it". There was much of it that was just trash, like the cooler cardboard box that the holiday ham or turkey came in for every holiday from the company my grandfather retired from. No joke, every. single. box. Or every peanut butter jar plastic lid for who knows how many years. But all of that had to be sorted and thrown away. To make the job even harder, we needed to go through every pocket, drawer, stack of stuff, because we would find money, or important papers just stashed in all of them. But overall, we found some very neat things. </div>
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In the basement was a tiny little bathroom, one of which I had absolutely no memory of. The medicine cabinet looked like it had not been touched since the 70's.</div>
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I found the original house key. </div>
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This was a small figurine that my dad had won at a Halloween costume contest. I thought it was interesting, but even more so when I flipped it over and saw the "occupied Japan" marking. </div>
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Company seals from 2 of the companies my grandfather did work for. </div>
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A silly poster of my grandfather from a company party. It was just too funny to not take a picture of. </div>
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When I would go to my grandparent's house as a grade schooler, there wasn't much to play with. But one day my brother and I discovered this game in the basement and played it many many times. It needed to come home with me. </div>
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In fact we discovered many many old games that were very interesting. We now have a bag of them to go through and decide if we will play them or sell them and give the money to my grandparents. </div>
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Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-11229416644294850282016-04-26T08:00:00.000-04:002016-04-26T08:00:27.594-04:00Spring Break 2016<div>
Our spring break this year had horrible weather sadly, so we had to alter our plans. We spent every weekday of break with our best friends.<br />
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Monday: Learn how to <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/login/default.aspx?RESETCOMPLETE=y&redir=%2fplay%2fsearch" target="_blank">Geocache</a>! If you haven't given this a shot, I highly suggest you do! While using GPS coordinates you find little hidden treasures. The kids had a blast and we ended up finding 7 around town. </div>
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Tuesday: <a href="http://imaginationstationtoledo.org/" target="_blank">Imagination Station</a> in Toledo Ohio!<br />
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Wednesday: Bowling!!!! Our local place was running a special. For $25 6 people got shoes, 2 hours of bowling, a large pizza, and a pitcher of lemonade.<br />
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Then our last stop for the day, the local library! They set up a bunch of life size games to play. We loved playing kerplunk and Candy Land.<br />
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Thursday: <a href="http://www.curiouskidsmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Curious Kid's Museum</a> in St. Joe Michigan </div>
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Friday: The AG days fair! Our local 4h likes to put on a fair where kids can come and meet the animals and farms for free. We have gone every year since L was in kindergarten.<br />
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We really enjoyed going to the <a href="http://kellyheet.blogspot.com/2015/03/sugar-camp-days-bendix-woods.html" target="_blank">Sugar Camp Days </a>last year, and when I won a free pass from the local radio station, we needed to go again! </div>
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We always love seeing what sculptures they make out of ice.<br />
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And of course D wanted to take a ride on the horse drawn wagon, she even got the top spot up by the driver. </div>
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The guys opted to walk along side the wagon. </div>
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Got to check out how the pioneers gathered the maple sap to turn into maple syrup. </div>
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L was super nervous to do this again, but braved it anyway and got higher this year than last. </div>
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D stopped halfway up to have a good swing before climbing all the rest of the way up. </div>
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In Girl Scouts we all celebrate World Thinking Day on Feb. 22 every year. This is a way that Girl Scouts/Guides all over the world can feel connected. With this being our troops first year, we decided to skip our council's awesome party to celebrate, and opted to have a smaller party with just our Brownies. A few weeks prior we had the girls vote on 3 countries to learn about, and they picked Mexico, Ireland, and Germany. So I printed out these great little passport pages about each country for each girl, found neat rainbow books in the Dollar Spot at Target, planned a craft/activity for each, and had a food from each country. </div>
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We started our journey on the globe and headed to Ireland!<br />
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The passport in the rainbow book.<br />
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The girls made shamrock wands by gluing a foam glittery shamrock from the dollar store to a green colored popsicle stick. To snack on, I found these malted candies, and an Irish cheese for the girls to try.<br />
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Next stop was Mexico! The girls made maracas out of plastic Easter eggs, rice, and 2 plastic spoons duct taped to the sides of the egg. Clearly all the girls had a blast making music when they were done. They tried <a href="http://www.worldofsnacks.com/blog/gamesa-arcoiris-marshmallow-cookies" target="_blank">Arcoiris cookies</a> and all loved it!</div>
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And our last stop was Germany!<br />
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Every year we have lots of fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day! We have friends come over, have a few big meals, and visit a local pub. I started this year by making a fun wreath for the front door. </div>
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My "Irish Twins" dressed and ready for school. I know that it doesn't look like L is happy, but he is in this "I don't smile for pictures anymore phase". <br />
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To decorate I also crocheted a bunch of shamrocks for us to wear, and then I made a garland with rainbow colored shamrocks. Lots of fun, and super easy to do.<br />
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Our traditional breakfast we make for friends: soda bread, thick cut bacon, scotch eggs, baked beans, fried tomatoes, fried potatoes, and a big mug of coffee.<br />
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At the pub, after we were interviewed for the news. My fish and chips came right after we took the picture! <br />
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And then our traditional dinner: slow cooked corned beef, fried cabbage, soda bread, potatoes, carrots, and onion, and of course green pop for the kids!</div>
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<a href="http://kellyheet.blogspot.com/2012/03/st-patricks-party.html" target="_blank">2012</a><br />
<a href="http://kellyheet.blogspot.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day.html" target="_blank">2011</a><br />
<a href="http://kellyheet.blogspot.com/2009/03/happy-st-patricks-day.html" target="_blank">2009</a><br />
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We had read about a kindness project that took place at a local middle school. <a href="https://schmucker.phmschools.org/schmuckers-project-be-kind-featured-abc-57s-cool-schools" target="_blank">Schmucker Middle School</a> had worked on notes of kindness and hid them in lockers to surprise the kids the next day. </div>
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My co-leader and I thought this would be a great project for our Brownies. This is our first year having a Girl Scout troop at our school, consisting of 3 kindergarten Daisies, 2 second grade Brownies, and 5 third grade Brownies. We have a small school of only 130 students, so we had the Brownies write a nice note for each and every student in the whole school. The girls had fun doing this month and a half long project, and were finally able to place the notes on students tables during last week's meeting. </div>
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I was able to come in and visit in the morning when all the students were discovering the notes left for them. There seemed to be smiles all around, and made that Wednesday just that much brighter. </div>
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Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-1431764132027459422016-03-21T10:37:00.000-04:002016-03-21T10:37:06.644-04:00Pi day fun!<div>
For the last few years, our family has celebrated pi day! Not sure what pi day is? Well pi is a <a href="http://www.piday.org/million/" target="_blank">mathematical symbol,</a> and the first few numbers are 3.14 so we celebrate on march 14th. <br />We had shepherd's pie and a cherry pi pie for dinner.</div>
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And as I have mentioned many times before, we LOVE our local library. This year they hosted a fun pi day celebration as well. The kids ate pizza, chocolate cream pie, raspberry pie, listened to a funny story, made pi-kus (haikus about pie), and played the pie in the face game!</div>
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Life has been crazy busy in our house during the month of October, so we hadn't gotten around to carving pumpkins yet. With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, it worked out perfectly for us to do it the afternoon of Halloween. So we turned on Nightmare Before Christmas, got out the carving tools, and got to work. The only problem was that all the stores were out of pumpkins, except these 3 "ornamental" pumpkins. Oh well, it gave them character!</div>
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We then had a light snack, and got in our costumes. D had switched from Misty from Pokemon, to a much more weather appropriate Pikachu costume. The first 15 min of trick or treating was slightly rainy. The temps had dropped the night before, but were not too bad. We just made sure to wear layers, and grabbed umbrellas. Luckily the rain pretty much stopped until the last 10 minutes of trick or treating. We headed to the same neighborhood that we have gone too for the last few years. It really is the best, most of the houses are home and close together. Most years the neighborhood is packed, but this year it just didn't seem as busy. My kids were determined, and made it almost the entire 2 hours! </div>
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Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-73595812488721554852015-11-16T08:00:00.000-05:002015-11-16T08:00:04.195-05:00Halloween Party<div>
The Friday evening before Halloween, my best friend and I decided to throw a kid Halloween Party. Things that week didn't go exactly how we had planned, but we all still had a great time! It ended up being rather chilly that night, but wasn't too bad until the sun went down. We set up tables with the food: simple taco bar, nachos, jello brain, veggie tray, pretzels, apples and caramel, and of course cookies and cupcakes. </div>
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A quick game a catch/football before all the fun begins. <br />
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There was a table set out with rings, and tattoos for the kids to put on (with a small bowl holding a little water and damp paper towels to put them on with). We also had a jar filled with candy and a guessing game set up. Whoever got the closest kept the jar of candy. Funny enough, 1st and 2nd place were twins, so their family lucked out.<br />
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Our first big game was a minute to win it type game. We had the kids split into pairs. Each kid got a paper straw, a plastic cup, and a pile of mini marshmallows in front of them. Using only the straw to suck up the marshmallows, they had to see how many they could get in their cup in just 1 minute. Once the first group went, the second group had to try to beat their partner's score. We did have 1 team tie, so it was a head to head match. The kids happily ate the marshmallows while they counted. </div>
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Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-67007677392688812482015-11-13T08:00:00.000-05:002015-11-13T08:00:00.205-05:00Fall Beach Day<div>
One weekend mid-October, we were heading back to my hometown for my nephew's 2nd birthday party. We were about half-way there when I got a text from my brother that he wasn't home from work yet, and to take our time. Well, quick thinking while I was driving got us off the toll road, and I headed up to the Lake Michigan Dunes area. The kids had not been to this part of the lake in some time now, and I had wonderful memories of going to this exact beach as a kid, so we headed there. When Adam and I used to live in Valpo, we would often head here to have a quick picnic dinner after work and just relax. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/indu/planyourvisit/kemil-beach.htm" target="_blank">Kemil Road Beach</a> is one of my all time favorite beaches to go to. They have a parking lot just across the street from the beach, a clean bathroom, and stairs leading down. It is always the cleanest beach!<br />
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I figured our quick stop would be perfect for a bathroom break, a few pictures, and a chance to reconnect with the water. We ended up walking all the way down to the water because it was such an amazing day. </div>
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These two, I swear, are often times our own little mini-me companions! They are even standing just like Adam and I here! </div>
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D is getting really great at taking pictures of us with my phone. Thankfully now, we are able to have more of just the 2 of us again. </div>
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Everything was just amazing that day. The sky, the water, the sand, all the colors, and the warm sun! </div>
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Something that I have always felt a connection to, were the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/indu/learn/historyculture/centuryofprogress.htm" target="_blank">Chicago World's Fair houses</a> that were moved to this beach. Growing up I sadly watch them mostly fall to disrepair. But a few years ago, they started to be rehabbed, and they look amazing. I even studied the history in college for a few years. I happily shared their history with the kids, who thought it was really neat, but mostly just humored me. </div>
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Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-16346340477383655782015-11-12T08:00:00.000-05:002015-11-12T08:00:09.238-05:00Rain gutter Regatta 2015<div>
It is the fall season again, so in the Cub Scout world that means... Rain gutter Regatta! Both kids wanted to race yet again this year, and went with animal themed boats. And once again they did all the work themselves, from sanding, design, paint, and sails. </div>
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For the last 2 years, our den only had 2 boys race which meant L was automatically bumped into the top 10 finals. Well this year we have added 2 new boys to our den alone, and they were amazing competition! L was picked to be an example of how to race at the start of the meeting. Our Pack has basically doubled this year, so we have many boys that have never done this before. </div>
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And after every leg of the race, the boys are encouraged to show good sportsmanship by shaking hands and congratulating each other on a job well done. </div>
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After our den was done, because it is so small compared to many others, we had the siblings race. This is the Pixie race, but brothers or sisters of any age can compete. With such a huge range in ages, it can often be difficult to match up. </div>
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D was very excited to come in 2nd place this year, while L came in 4th in his den. He was disappointed of course, but a great sport to the rest of the boys. </div>
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We ended the night with snacks, awards, and a den was awarded the spirit stick. The spirit stick was given to the Tiger Cubs for showing amazing sportsmanship. And you can see in this picture the very neat captain's ship wheel that Adam made for the race. It was very cool, and was able to turn and everything!</div>
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We look forward to apple picking every year! This year, it seems that the apple season started earlier than normal, and I think that was due to our colder wet summer we had this year. So the first free weekend, which happened to be a little cooler than the odd warm weather jump, we headed out. There are 2 local orchards that we love to go to. This time we went to Kercher's in Goshen. A small local place with a great little shop, we picked Cortland and Jonathon apples this year, and ended up with around 80lbs. After picking we always grab a box of Rise n'roll cinnamon donut holes to snack on at the picnic tables. It was a wonderful day and I hope it made some great memories!</div>
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Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-32071510790129333602015-10-02T09:45:00.000-04:002015-10-02T09:45:03.998-04:00Beach Day<div>
We hadn't gotten to the beach yet this season, and decided one weekend in August to head out. We opted for an evening get-away, packed dinner, and tried a new to us beach off of Lake Michigan. Adam had the thought to try <a href="http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?id=504&type=SPRK" target="_blank">Warren Dunes </a>in Michigan, so off we went. With an arrival of 5:30, the beach was still pretty packed, but we luckily found a parking spot in the first row. The majority of people started to pack up and leave, which allowed us to find a great little spot to spread out. The kids had instantly spotted the giant dunes that people were climbing and rolling down, so Adam took them to try it out. They were in sandy heaven and came back with sand in their ears. I enjoyed sitting in a chair reading my book while they explored the beach. Unfortunately the temps dropped and I was freezing, so I didn't even get into the water and sat wrapped up in a towel.<br />
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But Adam and the kids could not stay out of the water and sand!</div>
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The sunset was amazing and you could just barely see Chicago way off in the distance. </div>
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We eventually packed up and headed out. As we were leaving we noticed a great little ice cream and fudge shop directly across from the entrance, so we headed on over. Since I was the only one that was not soaking wet and had shoes on, I headed in and picked up cones for all. The places was small and quaint, but had everything you would want in a shop like that. On top of that the ice cream was fantastic and a great price.<br />
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Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-15178205560188521542015-09-24T08:00:00.000-04:002015-09-24T08:00:00.205-04:00Blueberry Festival 2015<div>
It was Labor Day weekend and that meant it was time for the Blueberry Festival again!!! This year we did things a little differently because we had a family wedding in the Indy area during the weekend as well. So we condensed our Blueberry visit to just Monday and that worked fantastically. We had made the promise to the kids that they could get the ride wristbands this year. I found that if I bought them in advance I could save $5/each. So my best friend and I bought them earlier in the week. First thing Monday morning, we headed down for the parade. This has become tradition since L was just a few months old, the kids and I have yet to miss one. </div>
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After the parade we headed back to Adam's parent's house for lunch. It was suppose to be a super hot and humid day, so we thought we would wait a bit after lunch before going back. Well it sort of backfired. The temps were so crazy that it never really got any cooler. So back to the park we went for the kids to ride all the rides. They normally only get to ride on 3-4 rides each year, but now with the wristbands and being taller, they could go on almost anything they wanted. First up, the bigger kid roller coaster. They loved this so much they went on it about 4 times! </div>
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And this was one of the last rides they went on. They were a bit nervous, but because this never went upside down, they braved it. D screamed the entire time, but they both loved it!<br />
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They both said this was the best year ever!<br />
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<a href="http://kellyheet.blogspot.com/search?q=blueberry+festival" target="_blank">Past Blueberry Festival Fun </a></div>
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Like <a href="http://kellyheet.blogspot.com/2014/09/comic-con-chicago.html" target="_blank">last year</a>, we had decided to go to <a href="http://www.wizardworld.com/chicago.html" target="_blank">Chicago Wizard World</a> (Comic Con). The kids had decided to go with their <a href="http://kellyheet.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-fun-filled-saturday.html" target="_blank">Pokemon costumes</a> still. </div>
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Adam and I came up with our costumes fairly early. We were going as Mary Poppins and Burt! Adam pretty much had everything already in his closet. The few things still needed were either picked up at Goodwill for cheap, or made with found items around the house. My costume was a bit more of a challenge. Luckily I found the skirt, shoes, and tights already in my closet. For the blouse and bag, I hit up Goodwill. The bag was a lucky find! It was a large stained piece of luggage, and then I found an carpet like valance and was able to glue the fabric to the bag. The red ribbon belt and bow was made with ribbon already in my crafting bins. Now the hat.... I found a few tutorials online and made it myself. The first go was way too big, but with a few modifications the second time around was perfect. The flowers and berries were found at Dollar Tree and hot glued to the hat. Adam made the parrot head on the end of an umbrella we already had. He molded it with clay, then covered in paper and lastly painted it. </div>
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It was a very long day, and after walking in heels for most of it, I had blister on my feet, but boy was it worth it! We already can't wait for next year!<br />
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We have wanted to make it here for a few years now, and it just wasn't in the budget. This year we made sure we could squeeze it in. I had asked Adam if he had been interested in going, and he of course wanted to go seeing as that neither of us had been since we were kids. The only time we had to fit this in was the last Saturday before school started, which was perfect. Indy was about a 2 1/2 hour drive made easier by the fact that a new addition to the highway takes us there in a straight shot. No, really, we stayed on one road the whole way down! </div>
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When we arrived just after opening, there was still plenty of room in their parking garage just across the street. They even had a skyway walk to head from the garage to the museum. Fantastic!!!!<br />
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Once inside, the kids were very excited to see that the dinos were indeed on the inside as well. </div>
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I had paid for our tickets online and printed them out at home, so getting in was a breeze! I highly recommend doing this! As we walked in, Adam noticed a sign saying that Optimus Prime would be arriving in just 10 min. So we headed up to the second floor and spotted a great place to see it all happen. While there, the kids were able to each get a free kids id card thanks to the <a href="http://peytonmanning.stvincent.org/" target="_blank">Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. </a></div>
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A little past 1 we all realized we were starving, so we broke for lunch. Afterwards, L really wanted to see the dinosphere and since we were already on that level, we headed for it. This was such a neat exhibit. There were sounds galore here, both dinos and weather.<br />
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And of course there was a dino dig! And this wasn't just a brush the dust off sort of thing. The kids had to use tools to really chip the dirt and rocks away.<br />
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And the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army" target="_blank">terracotta army</a> was represented there! D had fun putting this one back together. </div>
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I loved this spot. It was right underneath the <a href="https://www.childrensmuseum.org/content/fireworks-glass" target="_blank">Chihuly exhibit</a>, and allowed you to look up at all the glass and light. There was a bench for you to lean back on and while it slowly rotated, it allowed you to see different views. </div>
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We stayed until they closed at 5, making this a 6 1/2 hour visit, and the cool thing was that we didn't even get to see everything! Well worth the money and the time. We will definitely be back. <br />
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This year was a brand new school year for us in a few ways. L is starting his 4th grade year, and D is starting her 3rd grade year, but both kids are starting in a new school. After the last few years, we had decided to make a change. We had applied for the transfer the previous year, but it was denied due to too many kids in D's grade. But this year, we made the cut. We have been planning and trying to buy a small chunk of farmland south of where we currently live for a few years now, and really wanted to get the kids into this school before we moved. Plus, there are only about 130 kids in the entire school as opposed to 550 in our last.<br />
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Our new school had a back to school picnic the Monday before school started, which was great! We were able to head in, meet the teachers, meet most of the other staff, receive a folder with all important paperwork, and have a nice meal with new and old friends. It really helped already having friends at this school too! Our best friends have gone there from day 1, and we knew many families thanks to Cub Scouts!<br />
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So far this school year is everything we wanted/needed it to be! In fact L came home the first day of school and proudly announced, "Mom, they included me like one of their own!!!" and right there it was all worth it. </div>
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I have been meaning to post this for some time now, but I wanted to make sure all our fun was covered! We LOVE our library here, they are always full of fun free programs for kids of all ages. It really feels nice and welcoming when as soon as you step into the children's dept everyone knows you and the kids.<br />
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This year's summer reading program theme was superheroes. It started with sign up and a fun photo set up in the activity room!</div>
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We got to see Ronald McDonald again at the library! This guy is awesome and always gets the kids going.<br />
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They even had a family friendly Doctor Who party!!!<br />
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And one of our last events for the summer was an egg drop. The kids were given tons of different materials and had to build a craft to drop a semi hard boiled egg down 2 flights of stairs. <br />
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Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-9904931588113658252015-07-22T08:00:00.000-04:002015-07-22T08:00:03.807-04:00A very Harry Potter birthday party!Both kids have been Harry Potter obsessed this past school year! I have always told them that when they are ready to read them, we will read them together. I never got into them when they were first published, but loved the movies. D came home this year saying she was bummed because the librarian wouldn't let her check the books out. So we started to read the first book a few days later. We have gotten nearly through the first 3 books now, and they can't wait to get to the 4th. Of course when the idea of birthday party came up they both agreed it had to be a Potter Party! <br />
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I had found the perfect frog mold from a local cake decorating store, and we just had to give each kid a chocolate frog to take home. Adam found and made the wizard trading cards to stick in the bags as well. <br />
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Adam also made the invite and house badges for the kids to choose during the sorting hat ceremony. <br />
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<br />We had planned to play a game of Quidditch, and tried to find an inexpensive way to get each kid a broom. Dollar Tree pool noodles to the rescue! We pulled a zip tie around toward the bottom, and then cut long strips from that to the bottom. They worked perfectly!<br />
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The day of the party! We had house banners and the wanted wizard poster hanging from the east side of the picnic shelter. </div>
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And Platform 9 3/4 from the west side of the shelter. Here is where the kids and the party began...</div>
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After heading through the platform, the kids arrived at <a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ollivanders" target="_blank">Ollivander's</a> wand shop. Each kid stepped up to a table, blindfolded, and had the wand pick the wizard. We practiced our spell waving wands while we waited for our friends, Remember, swish and flick. <br />
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Next up it was the sorting hat ceremony! We had the house badges ready with circles of tape on the back. As we put the hat on each person, they shouted out which house they wanted to belong to. Now, some of our friends were not familiar with Harry Potter or any of the houses, so we explained that at this party all wizards and houses were good. <br />
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After everyone was proudly wearing their house badge, it was time for draw the scar on Harry. Adam drew a basic Harry face on a sheet of foam core board. The kids lined up, went one at a time, blindfolded, and with a Sharpie had to get the scar in the right spot. They all had fun with this one, and Harry turned out to be super colorful!<br />
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Then lastly it was time for a round of Quidditch. We had to modify the rules a bit. We had made goals out of scrap pieces of wood and small hula hoops from Dollar Tree. The different size balls were also found at Dollar Tree and Wal-mart. We had them use the large size to throw through the hoops, since we had kids from ages 1-10 playing the game at the same time. <br />
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Now that the kids were all worn out and hot, it was time to eat. We kept it simple food wise this year, and just did basic cookout foods. Then it was cake time! I had made a double chocolate "Hagrid" cake, and a very vanilla Golden Snitch cake by the kids requests. <br />
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The kids then happily opened gifts and we handed out the treat bags. The treat bags this year were the <a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Chocolate_Frog" target="_blank">chocolate frog</a>s, <a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Jelly_Slug" target="_blank">jelly slugs</a>, and Harry Potter rings. Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-6989193923367649712015-07-21T08:00:00.000-04:002015-07-21T08:00:09.363-04:00Summer Camps for allThe kids have both been very very busy this summer! Our school corporation has hosted a bunch of free summer camps for both kids and they were very excited about it. It started the first full week of break with L going to Culture Camp-Berlin at 8:00am Monday-Friday. There he learned about German history, culture, music, food, and language. It ended with an open house where there was dancing at a disco, pretzels, and showing off the Berlin wall. <br />
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The 2nd full week of break, D had visual arts camp at the high school at 8:00am. The entire week was spent learning all about different types of art, meeting an artist, and going on another field trip to the Snite Museum. She was in heaven and even more special was the fact she got to spend the morning of her birthday there. On Friday there was an open house for us to come in and see everything they worked on. I was very impressed with the amount of quality work they produced! <br />
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The 3rd full week of break, we were back at the high school at (you guessed it) 8am for swim lessons for both kids. (Can you see the theme) They have wanted to take lessons for a few years, we just didn't have the time or the money to do them. This year surprisingly we had both. They also had watched friends at these swim lessons the week prior and that was a big motivator for them. They both have friends also taking lessons at the same time, just in different levels. These lessons ran 1 week (Mon-Fri) on, one week off due to the 4th, and then 1 week on again. I have noticed a giant difference in their abilities already! <br />
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This past week was our last week of school summer camps! We ended with L taking a week long art camp just like D did last month. Sadly after the 3 day, he didn't feel it was the right fit for him. A person in charge made him feel like a grudge was being held against him and he just wasn't having fun. So we told him he didn't need to keep going, but that we would pick up any art work he had done on the last day. This piece was my favorite by far! It was a clay mask that he had made all by himself, and for a boy who thinks his art is no good, this proved him wrong!<br />
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<span id="goog_251537390"></span><span id="goog_251537391"></span><br />Hippie Mama Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386988196747296582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544796918390320872.post-8732970989931108372015-07-20T08:00:00.000-04:002015-07-20T08:00:11.814-04:00Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek MichiganIf you hadn't been able to figure out yet, we LOVE going to zoos, especially ones that are new to us. I had heard about this park years ago, and finally decided it was time to try it. We called up our best friends and loaded up in their van for an adventure! This time we were headed for <a href="http://www.binderparkzoo.org/" target="_blank">Binder Park Zoo</a> in Battle Creek Michigan. We had to postpone our trip a day due to weather but we happily piled into the car first thing in the morning. The friends we went with have been our best friends/adventure buddies now for about 7 years, so travel is always easy. (other than fighting about who sits where in the van and which movie to watch) Like we normally do as well, we pack a bunch of snacks, water, and a lunch to have mid day. <br />
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We had made sure to pack sunscreen and ended up not needing it. The entire zoo is fully shaded by tons of wonderful trees. What we DID need and neither brought was bug spray. (next time!) Right away there were a bunch of fun things to have pictures with like a dodo bird or a giant ant!<br />
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We decided to start by taking the tram to the Wild Africa section. We were thrilled at the set-up! It was as if we had really taken a tram to the Savannah. There was a customs hut, amazingly decorated areas, a fun walk path where you stumbled across elephant bones poachers left behind, a ranger station and training grounds, and the equipment building. I think that all the kids learned a few new things along the way, and the moms got a kick out of all the details. <br />
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Once we were done and had taken the tram back from Africa, it was lunch time. Luckily there were a few picnic tables right across where we had parked. So we grabbed our lunches and had a lovely little picnic. Afterwards, we headed into a little nature center. The kids got to explore different animal sounds, small reptiles, hang out in the roots of a large "tree", and run away from a giant life size elephant!<br />
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Then it was off to the domestic type animals. Again, things to sit on and get pictures with. There was also a goat petting zoo, where L got a kick out of the fact one tried to eat his shirt. <br />
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The only thing that I didn't exactly get was they had giant dinos in the domestic section. Odd, but very neat!<br />
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Overall it was a great day, and the 1 3/4 hours flew by! I don't think we will go back multiple times a year or even every year, but we will go back. <br />
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Adam had heard about a local Paddlefest taking place at a county park. We were interested in going, and noticed they had a kid's race. For $10, both kids were signed up! They both got a great t-shirt, and raced in a pond around a buoy and back in a kayak. Both did a great job and actually with their times, both came in 1st for their age groups. We all really enjoyed watching the other races taking place there as well, and Adam is really excited to take place in one next year himself. <br />
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On our way home, we drove past a British car show. Of course we had to stop (my dad would be proud of me). The kids even got a kick out of all the different types of cars, and one even let them get inside. It was so tiny, that D fit in it perfectly! <br />
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And as we were leaving we were greeted by the wonderful sounds from this guy! </div>
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