once upon a time a boy saw a girl.  he asked her to go get lime bars.  she said yes.  he was a viking and she was dutch.  but this didn’t stop them.  eventually they fell in love, got married, became the H’s, bought a house in the mountains and had a little dutch-viking hybrid. 


then they decided that some sort of modern narritive of life in general [l.i.g], preferably in the digital format, may be in order. 


(little dutch-viking hybrids tend to make these things necessary.)


so here is an attempt to capture l.i.g in all it’s wonderful, wild, blessed, busy, changing, challenging gusto.  


frequency tbd.  


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

"We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo..."

Queue the Raffie CD! This morning we headed to the amazing Zoo with our friends Ruthanne, Titus and Zeke. It was a picture-perfect day (75 degrees and sunny) for hiking around the zoo, which is built into the side of a mountain - literally. Since I am a huge Bio nerd, I will probably always love the zoo as much as the kiddos. It is a beautiful, privately funded zoo and they make money by breeding and selling giraffes. Who knew that was an option?

I am seriously considering a season pass for next summer when Aida can really interact with the exhibits. We discovered this super cute garden-themed water park that looked like a blast when Pnut gets all hot and sticky from running around. Here are some pics from Aida's first visit to our zoo:


Aida was clearly fascinated by the Amur Tiger exhibit. Interesting fact: The Amur Tiger is considered one of the most endangered species in the world. Wild populations dropped into the 70s in the 1990s due to poaching in their habitat of south eastern Russia/north eastern China, and are currently estimated to be in the 400s. They are considered a "keystone species" in their ecosystem, meaning they play a pivotal role in population control of species lower on the food chain. And I am done with the zoology lecture.

Favorite exhibit: the river otters. They are just fun. Interesting fact: the otters escaped from their exhibit a few months ago and were picked up frolicking in an off-site pond. Also, Ruthanne and I have matching strollers. Actually, I was amazed by her Phil & Ted stroller and decided to get one too. Excellent choice.
Aida loved the otter action - and all the water features.

Titus loved the otters, too :)

My sweet girl

Baby orangutan

My little trooper held up great all morning, despite missing her AM nap....

Until it was time to take a picture in front of the giraffe exhibit. She was literally out in the span of four steps. We took a picture anyways :)

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