Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Apples!




Is anything better than picking apples? Other than eating freshly picked apples, of course!




Yesterday, our little clan went on an outing to a local orchard. The outing was organized (and largely funded) by one of the local family drop-in centres in Toronto, and our friends David, Angela, and Rowan were on top of things enough to get us all signed up to go. So, we all boarded a school bus (Morgen's first school bus ride!) and took the 45 minute trip to Chudleigh's Apple Farm, where there are, of course, apples to be picked, as well as a variety of other family-friendly activities. We spent some time picking Cortlands, Royal Galas, and MacIntoshes. And then, after a picnic lunch, we headed to the petting zoo, thinking Rowan and Morgen would like to see some animals. Rowan was really interested in all the animals at first, though his enthusiasm waned a bit when the big sheep became a little too interested in him (this picture captures the moment of his tactical retreat).

Morgen, however, had other ideas entirely and missed most of the fun. And Jessica, well, I'm not sure she's ever identified so closely with an animal before.








Monday, May 26, 2008

For Harvey and Sebastian Matt




Dear Harvey and Sebastian,
Your mom says that you have been visiting this blog to see a picture of the baby. I should be able to take some pictures of her in a few days - she is not here yet, but it won't be long now. While you are waiting, I thought you might like to see some of the baby animals who live at the High Park Zoo. Gavin and I didn't have our camera with us the first time we visited (sorry about that). We weren't able to convince the baby Wallaby to come out for a picture, but here are two of the other baby animals for you to see. Can you name them?
We hope you are both having lots of fun in Ottawa. Please give your mommy and daddy hugs for us.
Sincerely,
Jessica and Gavin