Snakes and Salami

This past weekend we went to Reptile Fest in Chicago. It was at the University of Chicago put on by the Herpetology Society and was really well done. There was tons of different critters to hold and look at at.
We started out by walking through a snake head tunnel.
At first Owen was a little overwhelmed but he eventually warmed up. He started out with a little chameleon that was so cute!
The had some large reptiles. (not their normal homes, just cases to look at)
There were lots of turtles which Owen loved of course.

Some crazy guy was there with a pool full of baby alligators. Fun to look at, glad I wasn't in the water...
Owen wanted to be part of the action too.
Owen enjoyed some skull bones of reptiles. Pretended one of them was a hat. Silly boy.
There were plenty of slithery snakes to touch and look at.
One of our favorite parts was the Iguana exhibit. They were SO friendly and cuddly. I was thinking how great it would be to have one of them around until one of the owners was talking about how he woke up one morning to his iguana laying eggs all over him and his bed. Yuck.
Maddi enjoyed looking at everything too:)
The perfect day ended with me and Owen taking a picture with a 20-some foot boa constrictor. It was really heavy but really soft. I actually felt really bad for the poor thing because it just kept getting picked up and put down for pictures. Glad it didn't decide to snap while it was wrapped around my neck.

Owen enjoyed it too.
Until he decided it was too heavy.

On Sunday it was almost 90 degrees. After the long, cold winter we had it was so nice to have some nice weather for a change. Maddi enjoyed being able to look out the front door and watch all of the people and dogs walk by.

On Tuesday the kids had their spring gala at school. Owen's class performed a rousing rendition of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Owen played the salami. Or rather, he was slated to play the salami. He freaked out about all of the people there and pretty much just stood in the corner and cried. Oh well. What are you going to do? It was still pretty funny.

He'll probably be in therapy for the rest of his life...

Maddi's classroom had an infant social. She's the oldest one in the class but it was fun to hang out with the other babies and their parents!

Maddi enjoyed playing with dirt in the sensory table.
A fun time was had by all!

Weekend Roundup

On Friday I got to attend opening day at Wrigley Field with my clients. Although it was really cold, we still had a lot of fun. It was my first opening day so that was pretty exciting.

The rest of the weekend was really relaxing. It gave me a chance to catch up on scanning some of the kids artwork and pictures from school.

Owen

Truck Tire Painting

Practicing his name

Practicing the letter C

Handprint Plant

Truck

Owen's imagination story. Nice ending.

Maddi

She loves standing at the mirror.

Maddi has started cruising around the furniture this weekend too. Which means walking is not far behind. Eek.

Maddi's 1st birthday is almost here (I really can't believe it) and I decided to make her birthday as handmade as possible.

Starting with her ladybug themed invites. I'm really happy with the way they turned out. I got the idea from a picture on Google Images.
Look for more handmade goodies as her birthday gets closer:)