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Jul. 11, 2008

Summertime

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Ride Paint

Draw

Build Play

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Mar. 27, 2008

My Little Chef

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The Waffle Maker!

Jelly Biscuits from American Girl, Samantha's Cookbook.

Wacky Cake From American Girl, Molly's Mystery Book.

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Mar. 11, 2008

Outside

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Feb. 7, 2008

Painted Ladies

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My daughter received this for Christmas. We sent for the larvae from the enclosed certificates.They say to keep them out of the sun in a temperature that is 72 to 78 degrees.We kept ours on the patio. A silky webbing started to develop.

The caterpillars will climb to the top of the cups and hang down “head first.” This is when they become chrysalides. You can then remove the disks that they are attached to and pin it to the observation habitat.After 7 to 10 days, the butterflies will begin to emerge as adults. The darker the chrysalid, the closer it is to emergence.As a butterfly emerges, it will rest in a vertical position while pumping its wings to full size. A red liquid which looks like blood comes from the tail end of the butterfly. This is called meconium. It is left-over color and unneeded tissues from the wings.

They can be fed with a sugar water mixture put onto flowers. We have nine Painted Ladies.Since these butterflies have been raised in captivity,I plan to keep them on our screened patio for us to enjoy.

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Jan. 4, 2008

Mr. Dan

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The ban has been lifted,

As of Christmas Day!

Ever since we met this furry friend in the wild...

a certain little girl, was just dreamin' of owning a cute, little bunny.

My daughter fell in love with this bunny from PetSupermarket.

At the petshop, this bunny was docile as could be.

They told me this bunny was pottytrained and required minimum care.

This would be THE pet for us.

I decided on the big plastic cage on the patio,

instead of the homemade wood cage in the yard, as I had previously thought.

Of course I needed a cozy igloo, bowl, 'potty', toys, hay, food, litter, bedding, and water bottle.

$148.00 later...the bunny is ours!

Actually WE are 'Mr. Dan's!

He is quite a character!

He does not use his potty OR 'go' in one corner...NOPE!

He turns over his potty. He turns over his cozy igloo and sits on top of it. He chews on his cage's bars. He does NOT sleep. When we let him loose on the patio, he runs WILD in circles and does not let us catch him!

Oh...but looks ARE deceiving!

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Nov. 2, 2007

A Wedding. A Wedding? A Wedding!!!!

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My daughter, (the oldest one) is getting married tomorrow!I'm BUSY! Here's a few quick shots!

It still fits! Making the canopy.

Fish for centerpieces! Isn't this cute!

My dress!

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Jun. 16, 2007

Father's Day

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We made a scrapbook for DAD!

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