[the wonderful thing about having kids ( or being around kids-) is seeing life through their simple innocent eyes. i had several wonderful hours with my 2.5 yr old at the zoo today. he gave equal time to the elephants, fish, gorillas, tigers, mountain goats...... in fact i think he just thinks that we're hangin' out with the animals. the whole glass between the animals and us is a fuzzy notion in his head. he always loves to watch the gorilla kids play, but today when the seven year old gorilla girl looked him in the eye and tapped the glass- he shrieked-"he's gonna get me" and then "he can't tap on glass" {just like the sign says-what's good for the goose is good for the gander} he's equally fascinated with the elephants and the "big poo", the woman with the wheelbarrow, the snowy owl and the man cutting lettuce in the "zoo kitchen". the nice thing about going this time of year is that the merry go round and the train provide no distraction- they're closed. and if you go at the right time-no one else is there.]

(e:matthew) love the elephant...textures are great- it has a lot of dimension. you should show it to the young expert soon

mmmmmm-
beets and squash at mine's. not to mention beer and sausage.nice oktoberfest party last night.

went out last night to see donna the buffalo- spontaneously with my aunt/sister i never had, and cousin.

they were a funky country mix. when the guitar player with the cowboy hat played, it was a little too country- but the woman with the burgundy,gold upholstery looking pants stole the show- she had the crowd moving and grooving. she had a pink electric violin, squeezebox, classical guitar and a washboard vest that she played with a couple of butterknives.

the best part of the show was crowd watching- i zoned out for several hours watching peoples personalities unfold as they danced. there were 2 pregnant mamas dancing on either side of me....it was a beautiful awesome sight- but i;m glad not to be in their shoes-

good thing my husband took the kids to hocey at 6:30 this am- when you get home at 3am you need a little extra sleep.

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Never have journaled, since age 10, offline or online- so this should be interesting.
Seems easy enough, even for a computer illiterate middle age mom like me!

I think that I need to get a digital camera so I can change the default face- it's a type little picassian blue- not the mood that I'm in.