The Donaho's

We were in Ft. Worth doing some fun things. We had not yet seen the new elephant babies. I was afraid they were going to be grown up quite quickly, but they weren't. There are now 2 babies on display at the zoo. Belle & Bowen. This is Belle born in July. Bowen was born in August.  An exhibitor with tusks, telling the boys about the tusks.  they love watching the gharial. The FW Zoo has a new education center, and they offer a little homework opoportunity to the guests. they have a list of things you can bring to them ~ everything from animal bones to acorns ~ and acquire points to trade in for something else. When the kids take the item in, they need to know a little bit about their items.  Garrett brought in a snake skeleton that he found at a deer lease. Gus brought in a dead scorpion that we found.......in our house.  we love watching the flamingos stand on one leg and sit on top of their huge eggs. A few days lat...

The day we had talked about for quite a while was here. After the previous week we had, this was the day we all were needing. We were up very early, had chocolate chip pancakes and sausage. New shirts on, Lunches packed, Backpacks and napmats loaded.   I was NOT expecting archaeologist to come out of his mouth. I did not even know how to spell it. My best guess is that he learned that from watching Dinosaur Train on PBS. They have a paleontologist that gives a lesson each day about bones and digging up artifacts. We all know this boy loves to dig.  I cannot believe this guy is going to school!  I was a ball of nerves, wanting to throw up. But these guys were ready!  Are their teachers ready for this?  Gus was leading the pack. He was excited and ready. As long as we don't mention "napmat" he was fine.  Gus with his 2 teachers and a sad classmate. No tears from Gus!! He will never know what a ...