Cole and Audrey: Sand Puppies

Our trip to the Pacific Science Center on Thursday was fun for both Cole and Audrey. Cole has adapted to "summer camp" and now looks forward to visiting his new friends. The culmination of two weeks of science discovery ended with a trip to the science center where we saw something new - naked mole-rats. Naked mole-rats live in burrows in the deserts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia where Native Africans call them "sand puppies". The students studied the animals in class this past week - reading books and making their own set of teeth for an art project. We also played in the Gemini capsule (of course!) and spent some considerable time in the toddler area so Audrey had fun too.

Grandpa and Tutu, in from Hawaii for a wedding, brought a perfect summer dinner over. T-bone steaks, corn on the cob, and tomatoes. Daniel came for dinner as well.

Grandpa and Cole fed our neighbor's chickens the cobs. Chris, our neighbor, says this is their favorite food after slugs. I'd like to have chickens someday, especially since a dozen organic cage free eggs goes for almost $4 these days. Seattle Tilth offers a class but I doubt Sudden Valley Community Association allows chickens.

City Chickens 101
Good Shepherd Center Room 140 (Senior Center)
Aug 02, 2008 10:00 AM
An introduction to chicken husbandry in an urban and suburban setting.

Cole has been waiting to set off his fireworks since we bought them on the 4th over on Bainbridge Island. We kept saying we had to wait until Grandpa was here. Here Cole is showing off his arsenal - pop its, party poppers, smoke bombs, and a couple fountains. When I was a child I would orchestrate firework shows for my grandparents at the ranch in Idaho. I encouraged Cole to think of putting on a firework show for us.