Our natural habitats

Evie loves to "do da wurk out"  Here is her best friend Megan coaching her on the deadlift.

Pretty good form for a 3 year old.  And she can almost deadlift more than her bodyweight.  thats like 35 lbs.  Nice.

 We did a lot of swimming this summer.  In early Aug, the kids took swimming lessons! However, Evie did not appreciate that other kids were there.  and that there were teachers. and that you were expected to 'participate'.  Here is Evie, not participating.

She basically splashed in the opposite corner of the pool for 45mins while Elijah could hardly get enough of it.  He pratically would tackle his teachers when they would play games in the water.

 By the last two days, Evie decided she was cool with class, as long as they were in the BIG pool.  None of this kiddie pool crap.

 Overall, Elijah was cleared for the next level, so long that he learns to control himself better (the reason he failed last year womp woomp) and Evie was not simply due to the fact that she really did not do swimming lessons.  Fair enough.
We went to the zoo a couple times this summer. I cannot say enough about the MN Zoo.  There might not be a whole lot of animals, but I'll be darned if it feels like zoo. It's more like a wild life refuge.  with exotic animals.  The animals have these vast expanses and grouped with other animals that they would share a habitat with in the wild. its really neat to see.

 Here is another exhibit at the zoo that I can really appreciate.  Splash pad.

 In their natural habitat.