Here's Superman, Wonder Woman and Super Shelley the Otter as we were getting ready to go Trick or Treating last night. The weather was great and we had a good turnout in the neighborhood. Best costume of the cul-de-sac went to Hannah who went as a Knight Who Says Ni.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Jake and Poppy make a Jack-O-Lantern! Jake drew the mouth! Yea! (And Poppy carved the pumpkin all by himself!) Yea!
The most recent addition to the family.......Shelly the Sea Otter! It's Jake's week to "babysit" Shelly. Every kid in his K3 class gets to take Shelly home for a week and journal about her visit with the family. We're easing Shelly into life at the Edelstein household with an evening of watching Dora the Explorer. She loves it. I can tell.
On Sunday we drove out to visit South Mountain Creamery, the dairy that delivers our milk. It was their fall open house and they had tours and BBQ and ice cream and hayrides a big barn full of toddler ride-on toys. It was great.
We got to see the milking operation and the tiny dairy where the milk is bottled and packed up for delivery later the same day it's milked. They had all kinds of equipment packed into the dairy house where they make yogurt, ice cream, butter and cheeses. I loved hearing about everything, but Sadie and Jake were ready to see the cows. We walked up to the barn where all the calves live - about 20 or 30 of them. Sadie loved every minute of this. She loves animals and these calves were pretty friendly and happy to have visitors.
I just need to set up this video, though. I was taking a little movie because the kids were being so cute with the calves, but when Jake asks us if these are baby cows, both Ali I turned our heads to talk to him and when we looked back Sadie was backpedaling and had a terrified look on her face. At the time we had no idea what happened because she'd been having such a great time with the cows. When we got home and watched the movie, we realized that the cow surprised her with a quick lick to the ear. The quality here isn't great so you might have to watch it twice to see it. We watched it about 35 times.
This is for Stacey and Cara: Cow says, "Don't be scared Sadie, we just like the salt in your ear"
Today we drove out to Leonardtown, MD where the US National Oyster Shucking Competition is held annually. We've been going for the past three years, although today we found out that Ali and her family used to go when she was little. Funny coincidence. Last year Jake had his first oyster and this year he was excited to try them again. Here he is bringing us another dozen:
Here's Superman, Wonder Woman and Super Shelley the Otter as we were getting ready to go Trick or Treating last night. The weather was great and we had a good turnout in the neighborhood. Best costume of the cul-de-sac went to Hannah who went as a Knight Who Says Ni.
