Butterfly Biosphere

We're trying to do things again. I took Jet to the Orem and Provo Libraries a couple times since he's participating in "1000 Books Before Kindergarten" program and he's had some prizes to pick up.

He enjoyed looking at the display cases and got really excited when walking between the shelves with all those books. You know we love books in our family... and libraries.

He got a nursery rhyme book and got excited when I read/sang a few to him because he recognized them. Then he enjoyed looking through the book himself.

He also got a kazoo and as soon as I showed him how to use it, he was so happy and enjoyed playing it in the van as well as on a walk around the botany pond and terraced gardens at BYU.

 

As a family we went to the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point. It's been a few years since we've been there. Jet had never been there before. There were so many neat things to see. 

Jet thought it was great when we went in with the butterflies and he could see them flying around (Have you ever seen a see-through butterfly before? It's crazy. And real. They have glasswing butterflies at the Butterfly Biosphere). 

He was not happy, though, when we wouldn't let him touch the one on my finger. Lucky really wanted to hold one so I got it for him but got a few pictures with me first.

Good family activity. Starting to do things... preparing us for a fun Summer of library reading programs. Woohoo.

Name Your Car Day 2017

October 2 was Name Your Car Day.  We already named our vehicles, but while Lucky and I were visiting the library that day, I mentioned to him that our van is named after a nursery rhyme.  He got excited about that and has been telling all of us ever since then what our van's name is.  So cute.
So on Name Your Car Day, we checked out a book of nursery rhymes and read them together.

Happy Goose Day 2012

Another one of those simple celebrating holidays.  September 29, Happy Goose Day.  My silly gooses and I played Duck, Duck, Goose, and sat down by the "fireplace" to read Mother Goose Rhymes.

Nursery Rhymes According to Jr.

This old man, he played three. He played knick knack on my turtle.
With a knick knack paddy whack, give the dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played one hundred, he played knick knack all over me.
With a knick knack paddy whack, give the dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

Nursery Rhyme Adventures

The kids and I were looking at a little book of nursery rhymes. I thought I'd be talking about snails and puppy dog tails. This is what happened.

Mommy: What are little boys made of, made of? What are little boys made of?
Jr.: PINE CONES!
Mommy: Pine cones? Ha Ha Ha.
Nichole: No!
Mommy: What are little boys made of?
Nichole: Umm... Bones!
Then while finally getting to read the rhyme-
Mommy: What are little girls made of, made of? What are little girls made of?
Jr. (running in from a different room): BONES!


Jr.: Ring around the pine cones. Ashee Ashee pine cones. We all fall pine cones.