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SWEET HOME ALBAMA!

                                        SWEET HOME ALABAMA:
Hi guys how are you doing today? I have a awesome adventure from the dino's  perspective  on a trip to Alabama. before we start Sid is a spinosaurus and Eve the parasaroulophuse. so let's get started:
                                                                 day 1...
"Wow an adventure I wonder where we are going today?" said Sid.

"Some place called Alabama." said Eve.

 "Alabama?" said Sid.

"Yeah Alabama." said Eve.

"Alabama like the song sweet home Alabama". said Sid.

"Yes Alabama where else China?"  said  Eve.

We still have a blog!

I'm thinking its time to get the blog up and running again. The kids and I are planning a little road trip and I think this might be a good time to restart the blog.

So stay tuned and see what happens.

Shall we post again?

So as the school year is coming to a close, I thought it might be time to start up he old blog again. Hoping to get the kids involved in doing some posting this summer.

Currently, evie is finishing up Girl Scouts for the year and Sloan is starting out on a new adventure. He gets to try a summer workshop at Clarksyon Village Players. It will be fun to seem ow his acting grows working at this new to him, theater.

Here birdie birdie birdie

Birding! Mom, mom, mom, is it today?
Yes.
Really?
Yes
Evie, mom said yes. sheesh
And Julie is coming too?
Yep.
Sweeeeeet!

That's right, the kids wanted to go birding. After all, if watching birdies in your backyard is fun, it must be better to see some in other places too!
And there was Franklin Nature center nearby that we hadn't been to, so we invited a friend and headed off to find some birds.

Not only did we see lots of cool animals but it was lovely and warm and there were cookies (cause Sloan had some packed in his medical kit).

Sloan definately saw the most creatures (Julie and me were having fun racing around and being butterflies). And Julie had the coolist glittery binoculars tat she made herself.
But we saw some birds... and a deer (oooh) and another bird.. and a frog. Wow, it was so fun.

Order in the Court?

So we did a couple of court cases - Evie and I watched some videos about courts and read a book and we made note cards for each position in the court and what they do so that people could decide who they wanted to be! It was pretty cool.

The Case of the Stolen Cookies

The Case of the Turned off Movie

and a third one I can't remember. But I DO know we had a lot of fun and their were JUSTICE CUPCAKES for afterwards.. so that was really good.

 I also see that mom still can't get the hang of laying one of these posts out and having photos in it. 

Okay gotta go. 

Wow it has definatly been a long time since we've updated this blog.
Really sorry about that.
Well, its time to restart things!
What better way than with a day in court
No, no don't worry, this was a FUN court. And it was in our house... with our friends and puppets... so it was okay... trust me.

Here, maybe its better if I start with HOW this came about...
It started when me (Sloan) learned about those 3 branches of government. Legis-latured? something like that... and the executive (you know thePresident?) and the judges. Well we didn't learn much about the judges, just the other two right, and I wanted to know what the judges one did... so mom asked if I wanted to do a court day.
Of course I said YEA! Cause court party!

Lawyer for the defense questions her client

Witness cross examination of the defense client

This witness is hostile 

Its hard to swear on the ipad and hold your pretzels

Plaintiff lawyer questioning a witness

Court reports debate the fine points of their transcriptions

Bailiff Ellie swears in  caption

Best quote was Evie "Do you promise to the the whole truth and all of the lies?"

Lawyer for the plaintiff questions a witness in the case of the Stopped Movie

Bailiff Ellie swearing in the monkey witness

Art Museum Adventure!

The adventures of Sloan and Evelyn!

Today we went to the Detroit Museum of Arts and got ice cream (not at the museum but after).

We saw different things and petted the donkey with the golden butt!

Here is Spiny with one of the outdoor sculptures ... and here is Evelyn looking at something (Mom note: This is the native american exhibit and she is playing with the map that shows how control of the land changed)


Here are our guests for our travelling, Ms. Sandy and Mr. Russ

Here we are touching the donkey with the shiny butt!

The only sculpture you can touch in the museum.








Sloan: Then we had lunch-I ate a chocolate sundae and had chocolate milk and guess what?
           I had a picture with my Orca! He was helping me write my journal.
Evelyn: I'm showing spiny my journal and showing him how to write.

Sloan: Here I am eating our chocolate sundaes
and orca is swimming through the ocean                    Evie: I'm eating chocolate and so is spiny

    Mr. Russ had to fight Spiny for his fries!                                    

                                                                         Ms. Sandy was able to eat before Spiny found her wings.


(Mom note: Now that the millage has gone through for the Arts Association the counties who voted yes get free admission to the DIA. So if you are in one of those counties and haven't gone, take an hour or two and head down to check it out)