Summer "'Ventures"

Our family has been reading Make Way for Ducklings 3 times a day for the last 2 weeks! Pierce loves the little ducklings, pointing out the mommy and daddy duck, and talking to his friend Michael, the policeman. Last weekend we went into Boston for church and made a stop at the Public Garden first. Pierce hunted around for the swan boats, fed the ducks in the garden and tried sitting on all 9 duck statues! He talked about the trip for days--the only disappointment was that Michael was home sleeping during our visit!

Feeding the swans

Trying all of the ducklings out

Loves the big momma duck the best!

This past Monday, Pierce, Teddy and I headed out to The Butterfly Place--a gorgeous indoor butterfly sanctuary about 45 minutes away. We wandered around the paths of the garden for about an hour, watching butterflies and tropical birds fly about and Pierce used his illustrated guide to find his favorite butterfly--the glasswing! He had a blast talking about our "'venture" and is looking forward to our next one. We're thinking....the Zoo! Teddy was super cooperative and slept in the Ergo for the entire trip. He is really great at getting carted around!

On Tuesday, Teddy and I went on another "venture" of our own...to Mom and Baby yoga. Teddy was hungry right at the start of class, so I missed most of the yoga, but was able to do the baby-interactive portion of the class. We'll try again next week and maybe I can even get a workout in!

Since Pierce has been at a camp program a couple of times a week and with a mother's helper another 2 days, he really relishes his time spent playing at home with Mommy and Daddy. He's been pretending to go to work a lot lately and will often say "bye-bye Mommy, going to work". Usually, he rides his toy train to the station. Yesterday, when Halsey got home, he asked to put on Daddy's tie. As you can see from the picture below, it really completes his "commute" outfit.