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Salamander Habitat

We caught a salamander on a hike the other day. Brian helped Eli make a habitat for him when we got home. Sadly, he escaped overnight...

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Sharing with the Neighbor Kids

Isaac and Erin are sweet neighborhood kids that have been making our backyard a common meeting place after school these days.

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Scan of the Forest

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Hiking in Hoosier National Forest

Waterfalls, caves, salamanders, crayfish, running kids, tired kids, ticks and peanut butter and jelly.... we had an adventurous time hiking Hoosier National Forest with Aaron and Marla and their nephew, Isaac.

Aaron found a salamander and we took it home for Eli.

Spring Delights!

Our saucer magnolia fully blooms once every couple years. Usually a frost will come after the buds come out and we end up only having about 1/2 the tree bloom, but this year we had two weeks of nice weather once they started to bloom. It was beautiful!!! Here are a few pictures of this lovely visual treat!

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Compost Surprise!

Brian was digging up some of our compost and found this huge night crawler! Eli was in worm heaven of course.

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A Special Visit!

Grandpa Dave and Grandma Kay visited with us for the weekend!

We took a hike at Bernheim Forest one afternoon. Grandpa was soooo patient with Eli who wanted to stop and look under EVERY rock and log for bugs.

No, Otto is not screaming here, he is giggling like crazy. Run, run, jump! Run, run, jump!

Havana Rumba!!! Mojito please! - (for Mama and Grandma, that is...)

Why is Otto so quiet....

What do I say....? The bag was on the table w/in reach of Otto (which he pulled up onto his highchair).... why not, right? I think he ate about three by the time I found him- eating them foil and all!

See Otto Bang!

We got this book from the library called Ride Otto Ride and Eli has really loved reading it (or really having me read it to him). This page happened to be his favorite. We read it over and over and over again. I just had to capture a few seconds of it to share.

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