Pumped Up

Today Joanna was invited to the birthday party of one of her school friends. It was at a place called Pump It Up. It was noisy and chaotic but it sure looked like fun.

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

Joanna told us she wanted to make a book about the Lone Ranger. We asked where she had heard about the Lone Ranger and she told us it was in one of her books. Even so, she didn't seem to know very much about him. We told her he wore a mask, he had a horse named Silver and he had an Indian friend named Tonto.

Soon she returned with her illustration.

Here is the Lone Ranger.

Here is his horse Silver.

And here is his Indian friend Tonto.

Notice the dot on his forehead. Next time I will be sure to say Native American.

Lots of Fun

It's Spring Break and Joanna is having lots of fun.

It started Friday afternoon with her first piano lesson.



She loved it and wants to practice the piano even when mommy wishes she wouldn't.

On Monday Bethany and Mariah came over for the day. Shiloh became part of a beanie dog pile. I don't think he minded the attention.



On Tuesday we went to Davis Farmland. Joanna went straight to the pony ride line.



Rusty took her for a couple laps.



Next it was time to feed some animals. The animals were certainly interested.

Joanna wanted to feed the lambs but they were still a bit young.

Mom was more than happy to have some.

Wookie the alpaca had a bad hair cut.

The little calf was hungry but Joanna was a bit afraid of the long scratchy tongue and backed away from it.

This was a bit frustrating for the calf.

Success!

There were some animals I wouldn't want to feed.

Snickers the llama was very friendly.

He thought Joanna's hat was more interesting than the food.

I wonder what kind of milk you get from a plastic cow?

Joanna soon found the face painting station and put on her war paint.

The play area was a lot of fun.

Joanna decided to try some fishing.

She caught one!

We went to check out the other play area.

Joanna was really excited to try out the carts. Turns out that pedaling is a lot of work.

Some of the kids went digging for dinosaur bones.

They found some.

There were also houses that needed paint.

Joanna found these carts easier to drive.

I knew she had a great time when she told me the next morning that her legs were sore.

Signs of Spring

Spring is here and the temperatures are certainly warming up.

The trees are budding.

The flowers are blooming.

The turtles are sunning themselves.


Joanna is wearing short pants to school.

And the wasps are trying to take over the porch.

I guess it can't all be good.