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Thursday, May 3, 2012

New Swing

Our friends Grace and Danny Shanklin had an outdoor infant swing for their daughter Anna that Adah got to try and she loved it!  After seeing how much fun she had, we had to get one!  It has been fun getting to go outside just for a bit and let Adah swing a little or play on a blanket when we aren't up for going on a walk.  We are loving the beautiful days but we're hoping it will cool off from the crazy 90 degrees.  I am not ready for the intense summer heat just yet and I am sure Kyle and Chris feel the same way out working on the farm.  This picture was taken last week on one of the cool days we had.


We are enjoying strawberries, lettuce, spring onions, kale, and bok choy these days.  The beets are beginning to come in as well.  We made some lettuce wraps for dinner the other night with chorizo, sweet potato and rice as the filling and stirred together honey, mustard and balsamic vinegar as the dipping sauce.  They were tasty, easy to make, and fun to eat with your hands! I am now trying to come up with other lettuce wrap combo ideas with what is available on the farm.

The newest with Adah is that she is now saying different syllables and sounding so mature and cute.  "Ba, ba, ba, ba" is her favorite with an occasional "Ma" thrown in there.  I could just sit and listen to her all day, it just doesn't get old.  She has also started a new thing of waking up at six instead of seven.  I am wondering if it being brighter earlier has anything to do with it.  We're hoping it was just a fluke for a couple days and she will start sleeping later again, we'll see. Happy May everyone!  

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

NC Zoo

Kyle, Adah and I went to the NC Zoo in Asheboro two weekends ago and met up with our friend Morgan who had brought two kids she babysits.   Kyle nor I had ever been to the zoo (I may have gone when I was a babe but that doesn't count!) and we were excited to see what it was all about.  If you have never been and hope to go sometime here are a few tips:

-go on a weekday if at all possible and miss the Saturday crowd (that being said, we went on a Saturday and it wasn't insane, just be ready for people)
-be aware that there are about 5 miles of walking trails, so wear comfy shoes and mentally prepare!
-if you go after 2pm (closes at 5pm) you can get in free the next day and make it into a two day event
-the park is split into two major areas, North America and Africa

We went for a few hours and enjoyed Africa which included gorillas, zebras, a lion, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, an aviary dome with tropical birds all around (so cool), lemurs, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something.  We want to go back one day (probably when Adah is old enough to enjoy it) to see North America with its wolves, bears, seals and polar bears (which were off exhibit).  Adah did so great with a little time in the stroller and most of the time in the Ergo baby carrier with daddy.  She was entertained by all the new people and animals and sounds to take in.  She was fast asleep once we were in the car and slept the whole way home!


The flamingos were sleeping!




Isn't this so sweet?!


This tree had crazy thorns on it and made me think of the crown of thorns they made for Jesus.  I have never seen anything like it!


Me and Morgan, we have been friends since we were three!