Wild Cow Fifari

"Mommy, can we please go to Wild Cow Fifari today?" Seemed to be the commonly asked question when Solomon woke up each morning. One Monday morning Mimi and I decided it was time to visit the animals again. We braved the amazing long drive to Winston, Oregon with a two and a half year old talking the entire way there. Out of all the wildlife in the park, the cows with horns are by far Solomon's favorite. He tried to milk a cow of his own. As you can see, it took a lot of concentration.


Mimi paid for us to go on a train ride. We saw Blippo the Hippo eating his lunch. He came right up to our car where the trainer was throwing him heads of lettuce. He would catch them in his mouth and chomp them up with one swift smack of his jaws. As we were stopped looking at the animals an emu poked his head in our window. Solomon was laughing hysterically. We had such a fun day. We got ice cream on the way home and stopped by Bella Bella's house in Drain.

Smile for Mommy

It's supposed to be super nice this week. I went to take pictures of Josie and Jolie at the train station and decided to take Solomon and Ezra along. Once again Solomon and Ezra have trouble smiling for the camera at the same time. Oh Well! I guess I have years to make it work.

Ezra's Bling

One little screech marked a milestone in Ezra's life. She got her ears pierced at two months old. Now she won't be mistaken as a boy. I think she looks adorable but I am bias.

Summer's Finally Here

The first BBQ at the Bernatz house was a eagerly awaited. Solomon had gotten a sand box, trampoline and a play structure and was going stir crazy with the rain. He couldn't wait to have his best friends Gabby and Gage come over and play with him. The Ropers and the Keelers joined us to eat the steelhead Simon caught last week. After dinner we enjoyed smore's. Bryce roasted the mallows while Emily Prepared the graham cracker and Hersey's bar. We all devoured them but Gage savored every last bite of his. We can't wait to have more BBQ's this summer.

Mommy, can I hold Ezra?

Solomon is learning to be such a good big brother. He is always asking to hold, kiss, hug, ride, stand on, roll over or swing his little sister. She has been rolled off the couch by him and almost pulled out of the swing. He is still working on being gentle with her. Here they are sitting on the couch watching Sesame Street. He kept asking her, "Do you like Sesame Street Ezra?" When she wouldn't respond he kept asking the question louder and louder.

The Life Cycle

My mom (Mimi) was doing my maternity leave in my second grade class. Our last unit is on bugs and butterflies. Solomon got to take a caterpillar home and watch it got through metamorphisis. He came running to me yelling "Mommy, my crysilis has hatched! He wiggled out!" We then took him outside to let him fly away. I wanted to take pictures of Solomon with his butterfly, of course.

Family Picture Night

We went to take pictures at the Springfield Rail Road Tracks. It was a fun night. We went out to dinner with them afterward at Red Robin for Emily's birthday.