Life as a Long Vacation: Biannually

Twice a year update seems ridiculous. It doesn't seem like that much time has passed. I'll keep this update short and we should be back to our once a month schedule now. Hopefully. You know what they say about good intentions.

January-
The arrival of guinea pig babies.

1 day old. Poppy

Bruno

Must taste everything.

February

The infamous Legoland trip and a stroll through one of our favorite gardens.

Flowering tree. Yes, this is what February looks like in Florida.

His father.

March
Lise ran away and joined the circus. ;) I hope the video plays for you! We set up a local butterfly, bird, bloom, & bug field trip. Visited Tampa.

'Get them off.' Says the kid who begged to feed them and then wanted to go back. . . twice.

Passion Vine Flower

Another variety of Passion Vine,

Walking along the waterways to go see the manatees.


Recognize this star? We finally got to go see Winter.

Mythbusters!

Card throwing. She made a bullseye! With some instruction from dad.

April
2 month old piggle and a trip to the Oceanographic Institute.

May
It is kind of convenient to walk 1/2 a block and throw a dozen fish back an hour. Just little bass, marinating in lawn chemicals.

June
They fish, I get a really quiet house. The beginning of the caterpillar invasion. And a trip to the Flagler house.

Bug decided since we were going to visit a 'fancy' place he'd better dress up. Hence, the sweater vest. It was a beautiful museum!

July
The caterpillar invasion in full swing. Seriously, 12 of them go through a lot of milkweed. That's what happens when your kids find caterpillars on the plants at Home Depot and witness one of them being munched on by a wasp. Butterfly release- hallelujah! The 4th of July. Trip to Peanut Island. And a birthday. It's been a busy, busy month.

Spot on the intracoastal we watched the fireworks from; the sunset wasn't bad either.

Whip cream and watermelon makes a fine dinner.

Hungry little buggers.

We learned a lot. For example, the withering of their antennae means they are within minutes of shedding their skin and turning to a lumpy chrysalis. The chrysalis then twitches until it's smooth and compact with it's characteristic gold. Beautiful.