Baby Shower Decorations

A friend and I decided to throw a surprise baby shower for another friend of ours. I kind of got carried away with making some DIY decorations. They turned out really great though!

Cactus Pinata
Duct tape + cereal boxes + a balloon
Flour + water + newspaper
crepe paper

DIY crepe paper flowers

Another pinata

DIY tissue paper pom-poms

Looking festive!

It's all coming together

Flip flop cookies -- YUM!

The delicious food that we all pitched in on

Discoveries in Nature

One of the places in Ozaukee County that we like to visit is the old Squire's Golf Course. They're doing a restoration project right now so it's pretty cool to see how the golf course is slowly transforming back into a natural habitat for birds, frogs, deer, and other animals. It looks like they've planted some trees and dug out a few ponds. Right now, they're in the middle of doing something with the dam. We'll have to check it all out again later in the spring/early summer when everything starts blooming. I definitely saw some type of cone flower seeds out in the field. We found lots of needs things -- and not just golf balls! :-) 

Exploring

:-)

My Caleb :-)

Sonya

A tree that tells stories

Deer Tracks

... and more deer tracks

Walking along the trail

Sonya is falling behind

Gotta play with the grass

Burdock -- sticky yet so beautiful

God definitely made this world

Hiding in the evergreens

Found a golf ball!

Looking for a good piece of grass to pick

Can't recall what weed this is

Caleb said this cloud looked like a dragon!

Tim and Caleb

Michelle and the kids

Another one....

Michelle, Tim, and Sonya
(Caleb is a pretty good photographer!)

Empty Milkweed Pods

Milkweed Seeds

More milkweed

One of the ponds

A miniature look out tower

Farmland -- photo taken from the tower

The contrast of the red bushes and the brown looked so much cooler in person
-- I promise!

A birdhouse along the trail
(There was a bluebird on it, but the kids scared it away before I snapped a photo)

If you have a weak stomach, you may want to skip the next few photos. We found the bone remains of a dead fawn. At first I was grossed out, but then thought it was kind of cool since you don't just see that every day. So of course I took some pictures!

Deer hoof and leg bones

Skull, vertebrae, and ribs

Up close of the skull

Another leg and some fur

Walking back towards the car again

They're so sweet together

Some sort of animal print -- coyote? fox?

Caleb posing by the trees

I'm guessing something like cotton weed... not sure though

Rabbit bones

The old golf lodge

At the Train Show

Last year, we were intrigued by the signs that simply said Train Show at Circle B. So we decided to check it out. Tim is part of the Big Brother/Big Sister program so we brought along Keshawn, his Little Brother. The boys enjoyed watching the trains go around and checking out the cool displays that some of the "engineers" created for their trains. They must've taken forever to get set up. It was amazing to look at the intricate detail that was put into them.

Keshawn and Caleb

S Gauge train
I couldn't help but think of Sheldon on "The Big Bang Theory"

One of the little train towns

Riding the train

No one was looking at me....

Tim, Sonya, Caleb, and Keshawn

On the way back to drop off Keshawn, we were stopped by a REAL train. It was just the engine, but pretty cool nonetheless. The kids thought it was great. :-)

A real train :-)