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Bird Feeder

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I got this bird feeder as a Christmas present from Mom and Dad. Even though Landon and I set it up immediately, all through the winter no birds came to it. But as soon as the weather turned spring-like, it became very popular quite suddenly. A combination of sparrows, grackles, and finches are on it almost all of the time, and often there are two or more perched on it. It has been very amusing to watch the birds’ quarrels over who eats first. Sometimes there is a line, with the larger birds on the feeder and smaller birds perched on the swing-set waiting for them to leave.img_5146

When I was taking this picture, a pair of cardinals flew into one of our trees. (The first cardinals ever in our yard!) They didn’t stop at the feeder, but I had the camera ready to take a picture:

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Pictures from Minneapolis

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We spent the last weekend of February in Minneapolis. Dominic was pretty excited about the hotel where we stayed, and he crawled over every inch of his new territory.

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When we arrived at the hotel, we had Chinese food delivered to our rooms. (Daniel ate as he was getting into his pajamas)

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The next day, we went to the aquarium underneath the Mall of America.

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We petted starfish and sea urchins, and neither of them felt like I expected. The starfish were velvety and squishy. Sea urchin spikes were not sharp and pointy, and they were much softer and more pliable than I thought they would be.

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Daniel was way too scared of the starfish to even put his hands in the water, but he was very impressed by the sharks, manta rays, and sea turtles we saw.

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In the News!

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This afternoon we went to Ash Wednesday mass at the Cathedral. An Argus Leader newsman was taking pictures, and he snapped this one of Mom and Dominic. It went to be a part of a collection of pictures of Ash Wednesday being celebrated around the world on the Denver Post!

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Dominic Crawls!

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Dominic is feeling pretty proud of himself.

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But looking back at past pictures, I see that Dominic is over a month behind Daniel, who not only was crawling by this time…

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But was doing this as well!

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And this!

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That’s all right, Dominic, I’d rather not be chasing after you climbing up the stairs.

January

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I was very busy in January, and the month sped by faster than lightening (thus the lack of posting.) In the beginning of the month the whole family took advantage of the +55 degree weather (WOW!) and went on a walk at the Outdoor Campus.

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The third Saturday of January, I woke up at 5:00 in the morning to go to Huron to compete in the annual Science Bowl. Our team ended up doing really well, and we landed in 6th place.

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January was also spent practicing for the one-act play competition. Our play was about superheros pretending to be insane to hide their true powers. Landon was a superhero called Brainstorm with weather powers, and I was ‘Mental’ and could read minds and erase memories. It was a lot of fun, and we ended up taking 2nd place at the competition.

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Merry Christmas!

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” For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.”

Isaiah 9:6

Pictures From Nutcracker

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Last month Maria, Johnathan and I were in our ballet studio’s production of the Nutcracker this year. We performed it eight times after practicing once a week for three months.  Maria played a flower blossom, Johnathan was a toy soldier, and I was Clara. It was a very fun part to play, and I loved my costume.

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New Camera

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I took these pictures with a brand new camera I just bought last Sunday. It has a bigger lens than my old one and is much better for taking pictures in dim lighting. These were some of my favorites out of the 130 pictures I took on the first day.

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“Not Today”

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We’ve been trying to get Daniel to use the toilet for the last few days, and so far he’s been able to go every time he sits on it.  We’ve been asking him if he needs to go to the toilet frequently, and the repetition must be getting a little boring for him, because last night he responded: “No, not today. I did that last year.”

Calligraphy

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This picture was taken about a month ago the day Johnathan began to learn cursive. He was so excited about cursive that Dad got out a few calligraphy markers to show John. Everybody wanted to try them out.

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