Floating the Boise River

 
Here are some shots of our first float down the Boise River.  It's just calm enough to ensure a three-year-old won't fall out and just exciting enough to keep said three-year-old entertained for two to three hours.

                                  

Trekker in Training

What?! We Lost?

It's very hard to concentrate on a football game when you're surrounded by two fabulous friends from your floor in the freshman dorms. I know the Badgers played terribly; I know Iowa was more fun to watch; I'm pretty sure we lost... It sure was fun!

Pool Play

Goodman Pool, Madison, WI



When the stars align, you know, a well rested child, an 80 degree day with ample midwestern humidity and some good old fashioned childish curiosities, the pool becomes paradise...

Sensory Safari

Caleb and I spent the morning at Nature Camp! Aldo Leopold Nature Center hidden in Monona, Wisconsin encourages children and adults to "discover and explore the wonders of the natural world". This week we learned all about the five senses...

Sense of Touch


Homemade touch book

Touching plants and dragon fly wings


Sense of Smell

Sniffing hickory nuts

Sense of Sight

"Look! It's a toad!"

Sense of Taste

Tasting bananas, apples and strawberries


Sense of Hearing

We listened to apples crunching, banana peels ripping and birds "yelling". Caleb did his very best to listen to the teacher teaching, but in his full two-year-old spirit tended to lag behind on mini-Caleb-explorations ultimately strengthening his "sense" of independence.

One LOVELY day in Madison 3 - The Children's Museum

The Madison Children's Museum

As if running like mad, devouring sights and sweets and exploring an expansive labyrinth-like government building wasn't enough, we ALSO stopped at the Children's Museum to dabble in a cornucopia of childrens' diversions. Aaaah, what a lovely day...

One LOVELY day in Madison 2 - The Sights

The Capitol Building & Capitol Kids

A day in Madison is never complete without a tour through the capitol building. Okay, so I've never actually been on an official tour, HOWEVER, for whatever reason, our family spends a fair amount of time singing through its cavernous halls, roaming around its winding stairs and gazing into its spacious dome. This trip was particularly eventful because it was our first time climbing the spiral staircase to the "tippy tippy top", the observation deck mid-way up the dome, for a glimpse of the church steeples, landmarks, and lakes of the isthmus.

Did you know that Capitol Kids, a local toy and children's clothing store, hands out free helium infused balloons on Farmer's Market Saturday mornings? Yup they do. And there's a nice little nook at a church nearby so when your child DOESN'T WANT TO GO IN THE TOY STORE, yes you heard me correctly, you have a cozy little cove to discover its playful properties.