Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
How could I forget?
This was my favorite photo from Stone Mountain...he's listening to the pulleys turn.
Our latest adventure
We try to have a new adventure at least a couple of times a month and yesterday was the day! We took the Skylift up to the top of Stone Mountain. It's about ten minutes away, but it had been years since we'd been up to the top.
It's quite a view!
It was such a beautiful, clear day that we could see the skyline of downtown Atlanta in one direction and all the way to the Appalachian Mountains in another.
The Chipmunk was fascinated by the Skylift and LOVED that he got to "fly right up there!"
But mostly, he loved the pulleys. We had to have a family portrait taken in front of them :)
Stone Mountain is a granite outcrop called an igneous intrusion. It's known for a lot of reasons (the carving, for a start), but Little Man was mostly interested in the pulleys and the puddles.
And jumping, of course.
The puddles were for throwing rocks in, of course.
He made several new friends
And believe me when I say we all got a lot of exercise!!!
It's quite a view!
It was such a beautiful, clear day that we could see the skyline of downtown Atlanta in one direction and all the way to the Appalachian Mountains in another.
The Chipmunk was fascinated by the Skylift and LOVED that he got to "fly right up there!"
But mostly, he loved the pulleys. We had to have a family portrait taken in front of them :)
Stone Mountain is a granite outcrop called an igneous intrusion. It's known for a lot of reasons (the carving, for a start), but Little Man was mostly interested in the pulleys and the puddles.
And jumping, of course.
The puddles were for throwing rocks in, of course.
He made several new friends
And believe me when I say we all got a lot of exercise!!!
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Bird study
Granddad gave us a wonderful bird feeder for Christmas last year and we've been enjoying it more and more as the Chipmunk gets older. The past few days we've been doing a lot of bird watching and studying. It's really interesting to sit and talk about which birds eat on the ground and which ones like the hanging feeder. We've been watching them open seeds with their beaks and even noticing flight patterns (the chickadees are our favorites!). Of course, you have to talk about eggs if you're going to talk about birds, so we have a little nest to play with.
Our little goldfinch has been so loved that his beak fell off somewhere!
My little man loves to know the names of things and he's been asking about every bird that comes to the feeder, so we made a little bird book to help him identify what he was seeing.
We're definitely going to keep expanding our bird feeders and studying our birds over the next few months. I have some food experiments in mind and I think we'll try to find some clear feeders that we can attach directly to the windows. We are also working on a little Valentine's surprise for the Chipmunk's friends and family so that they can enjoy their birds too!
Our little goldfinch has been so loved that his beak fell off somewhere!
My little man loves to know the names of things and he's been asking about every bird that comes to the feeder, so we made a little bird book to help him identify what he was seeing.
We're definitely going to keep expanding our bird feeders and studying our birds over the next few months. I have some food experiments in mind and I think we'll try to find some clear feeders that we can attach directly to the windows. We are also working on a little Valentine's surprise for the Chipmunk's friends and family so that they can enjoy their birds too!
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