{pretty, happy, funny, real}

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Lupinus Texensis

For nature study this term, we have been studying plants.  I wanted to do only wildflowers, but we began our term in January, and I knew it would be a few weeks until our wildflowers would be blooming.  We got the ol' Handbook of Nature Study out and actually did a study Miss Botsford Comstock outlines.  It's one where you get four different types of soil and see which soil plants grow best in.  That was pretty fun, and that study lasted 4-5 weeks.  Now we are onto wildflowers because they are in bloom now.  We are still going to one of our three usual parks, and seeing what we see.  The main wildflowers I want the boys to be most familiar with are bluebonnets, of course, Indian paintbrushes, Indian blankets, pink evening primrose, and winecups.  Those are some pretty essential Texas wildflowers.  But we really found quite a variety of flowers at the park, and only one of the flowers on my list were blooming there (see above).  Here are some more of what we saw.  Most of these I haven't identified, or I know them by a common name, and am not sure of their proper name.  Yet.  

This is some sort of violet.  We saw at least two other violets as well.
Not sure which kind is which.  Yet.

Verbena

{happy}

Our family fun splurge this year is season passes to the zoo.  My goal is to get there once a month.  Twice a month would be fantastic, but I'm not sure I have what it takes to make that happen.  Anyway, we haven't gone yet this month, so if you're pining to go to the zoo, please join us!  

wild animals

love him
love her

Kaa

Josie with butterfly
The butterfly exhibit is amazing

James with butterfly

Nag
(aka King Cobra)

{funny}

Nothing fun or funny ever happens around here.  And I'm working real hard to keep it that way.  See yesterday's post about Joel reading Huckleberry Finn.  

{real}

Jason and I are small business owners again.  As in we are our own boss.  This is a very exciting, scary, and stressful time.  I may never blog again.  We are taking a school break as the kids and I will be up at our new office full time for the foreseeable future.  The plan is to hire an employee ASAP, we just don't know when that will be.  Pray for us.  We think it's gunna be great!  (The website is not quite up and running yet).