The cottontail rabbit was above ground today and we saw her enclosure being cleaned and prepped for the day (The captive wild animals are given novel smells and items to explore every day)
Walking in a skunk’s shoes
The lowest branches of this (flowering!) tree were low enough for Hazel to reach
Pink trees and pink shirts
Heading back home
Hazel ditched Mommy in favor of the WFN employees at Tumble Time today
Here she is, way far away, during the circle songs
Little scientist at work
We’ve been waiting for these beauties to bloom!
Hazel and Supey took turns drawing the stripes of the world’s tallest rainbow
Here’s Hazel standing in the circle she drew around herself
Taking a carrot break from building a whole town for cars
There’s Hazel’s mid-level stairs workshop. She’s patching up a shovel
Hazel got a height chart from the WFN, decorated it at home with drawings and stickers…
And presto!
It was a beautiful day to go to a park
We scrambled up and down a steep side trail
And at the playground Hazel walked across this balance beam by herself for the first time!
Can’t squirm away from Mommy on Mother’s Day!
More balancing
Baby brother at 35 weeks
What’s this?
Why, it’s a hopscotch court of course! Supey continues to be brilliant at this kind of project…
For cookies
Small crowds at the farm today
And an entertaining new feature at the sensory tree: drum sticks!
Here Hazel was lodging mulch into mulch-sized holes
Drawing lines in the dirt with a big stick
Dirt and tools are available again in the garden!
This might have been the only time we’ve been alone with the wooden chicken eggs for any length of time. Hazel was in hen house heaven
Face to face with goats
These three are part of a group of four (3 goats, 1 lamb) that have been hand-fed by farmers since birth due to complications with their mothers and are especially friendly to humans, not to mention cute!
Trotting off side by side
Hazel invented an “I’m stuck” stop-and-go slide game today (Also OMG, look at that beautiful flowering tree!)
Here’s where Hazel was trying to get me to climb up a climbing structure. She offered to help me up, sweet thing
We made pancakes for dinner! Hazel and Supey on batter duty, Mommy on the griddle
Waiting ever so patiently for a first bite
I loved the light here — captured an evening video chat
All dressed up for the special WFN tea this morning, and a gloriously springy morning it was (n.b. Hazel is apparently capable of a fake smile at age three)
When Hazel got close to this clump of plants a rabbit darted out and ran away!
To the beach!
There were huge waves our first day! Hazel thought they were way too loud
Showing off a treasure….there were lots of ocean treasures of course!
Our room was this close to the beach! (Pretty sure we’ve never slept so close to the ocean!)
Day two: we visited the swimming pool the minute it opened (steamy lens!)
Super kiddie pool, only 18 inches deep
All worn out and warmed up
Then back to the beach
Hazel spent the whole trip embellishing this castle with shells and rocks
Last big outing of day two: playground!
Taking orders through the lighthouse window
Funny that we left the beach only to find more sand to play in
Day three: short but sweet, getting in a morning story
Last hurrah