Saturday....At the Park

We met Kat and Daniel and Roxy at Cabelas today to pick up Roxy for a week at Big Daddy Dog Camp. We thought Daniel would enjoy seeing the animals and fish in the store. Unfortunately, he was a little frightened by the bigness of the animals. As we left, however, he started doing all the animal sounds of the animals he had seen - so he wasn't all that scared!


We grabbed lunch and took it to a nearby park to eat and play. What fun! Here are some pics from the afternoon.



It was a gorgeous fall day and Daniel was dressed for fall.

Daniel loves horses - and he enjoyed riding this one, with Mommy beside him.

The enclosed slide immediately became a hit. Roxy tried to run up the wrong way to get to Kat who was at the top putting Daniel in the right position to go down. Where is he?

There he is!


Are you up there, Mommy?

And one more ride on the way back to the car!

Labor Day with Daniel

On Monday we drove out to Kat and Jason's to spend the day with them. We decided to visit a nearby lake. We walked along the edge of the lake and Daniel and Roxy played in the water. Daniel was fascinated by the rocks - tasted them and threw them into the lake. He managed to get pretty well soaked. It was a gorgeous day and we really enjoyed spending time together.

Young Fox

This seems to be a nature blog these days! When Laurel was here in June she espied the neighborhood fox with three little kits. Sunday afternoon, after the farmer cut down the grasses in the field behind the house I saw one of the kits looking for mice. He seemed to pose for me, so I took a few photos. He must be about 3 months old now. I have enjoyed watching these playful animals learn to hunt near the water drainage area behind our house. It's like watching the nature channel on tv - only live action!

They've launched!

This morning I thought I saw an enemy bird in the birdhouse and was sure that all was lost...but then I discovered that it was just a baby bird emerging and flying away! They are practicing flying at the big rock in the back yard and landing on another birdhouse we have there.

Polo Match

Our first ever polo match - at Hempt Farms to benefit the MS Society. Daniel got to see horses and enjoyed listening to them snort as they left the field. One of his favorite horse sounds to make is "Neigh!" He said that a lot on Saturday!

After the match he brought books to Grandpop to read. What precious moments...