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So we just celebrated Little Matt’s sixth birthday (photo album here). We started Friday night by going to Cracker Barrel for dinner and picking up a couple of rocking chairs Gigi bought. They’re going to be great for sitting on the balcony in the warmer weather. Maggie Belle has already taken to hers and so far just likes climbing up into it, rocking about twice, climbing back out and then doing it again. Of course Little Matt got more Lego sets. He got another City set from his cousins, a Bionicle set from Maggie Belle, another Bionicle from his dad, and a Clone Wars speeder from Mom. I had to break the trend and get him the most classic games of naval strategy - Battleship!

We had the birthday party on Saturday at the Norfolk Zoo. It was a great event with an animal trainer who actually brought live animals for the kids to learn about and even touch. There was an African millipede, a Pygmy tenrec, poison dart frogs and the coolest of all… a big boa constrictor! Overall it was a busy and fun day. That’s all for now. Happy Birthday Little Matt. I hope you had a nice time.

And as always, check out our store for some great science Christmas presents.

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Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here but it’s not because we haven’t been documenting most everything that’s happening in the kids’ lives. Since my last post, we took another trip to the Botanical Gardens, visited the zoo, visited with Gigi, celebrated Maggie Belle’s first birthday, watched her take her first steps, went to the Poquoson Seafood Festival, had a fall festival at Little Matt’s school, carved jack-o-lanterns, went to the zoo for Halloween, went fishing at our favorite pond in Newport News, VA and have taken a number of miscellaneous photos. I just finished posting six new photo albums so with a few exceptions, we’re all caught up! The following are the links to the photo albums.

Another trip to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens, August 29, 2008.

A trip to the Norfolk Zoo, September 14, 2008.

A few pictures of Gigi’s visit, September 15-17, 2008.

Maggie’s first birthday party (the day she really took her first steps!)

A cold day at the Poquoson Seafood Festival.

Little Matt catching his first fish!

That’s it for now. I’ll try not to be so long in between updates for the next couple of months. Especially with Little’s birthday coming up and of course, the fall and winter holidays.