We finished up our study of the canine family with a field trip to our local nature center. I will take any excuse to go there, and this was a perfect one: observe and write down about the animals from the canine family. This is now my new standard … [Read more...]
Science Sunday: The Nature Center
We have an absolutely amazing nature center here in the Austin area. If you are ever vising here I highly recommend it. It’s calming, it’s a rescue zoo for local animals that can’t be adapted back to the wild, and the thing my kids were obsessed about recently, you can trade … [Read more...]
Flash Mob in the park!
There’s a very cool blog called “Free Fun in Austin” that has insanely large number of posts a day because it also tells about coupons that are relevant to the area, but I found out last week our local parks and rec department was organizing a flash mob as part of a … [Read more...]
Round Rock Fall Festival
One of the cool things about our town is it’s still small enough that it has cool festivals and events from time to time. Like this chalk art festival designed to raise money for a local foster home. Of course the down side of that one was it led to … [Read more...]
Summer’s over; WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
It’s starting to “cool off” here, by that I mean the high is only in the 90s, not 100+. So, I thought I’d celebrate the unofficial end of summer with what has become my new favorite pool, which sadly is closing today for the season. The water is surprisingly cool. … [Read more...]