Sydni started the weekend off with breakfast for her and me. ;)
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| such a great helper! |
I'll pass on my scrambled egg secrets to her, one of these days. Haha.
First thing on the agenda today: Frogs & Turtles! Sydni and I had a mission to get to the Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve just up the road here in Cincinnati; they had a special day today dedicated to various frog and toad species, along with some other fun wildlife. There was a pond, too, complete with enough turtles to send Ali straight to Heaven, I'm sure ;)
PHOTO MONTAGE #1: Nature Center!
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| frog exhibits! |
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| learning about froggies & toads |
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| miniature outdoor amphitheater for a miniature drama queen? ;) |
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| love of my life. light of my day! |
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| some light trail hiking & one pretty cool tree |
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| how could i not take a million pictures? |
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| see ya next time, nature center! |
We wrapped up our time at the nature center and decided we were hungry. It was absolutely gorgeous out today, so we headed for Findlay Market, to say hi to Becky & Mike and grab some grub.
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| love your local markets! |
The rest of today was errands. Storage unit, a few stores, the post office, and maybe one or two other miscellaneous places before we took a breather back at Becky's. By breather, I mean nearly a 3-hour nap. I guess the week finally caught up to me - to us - apparently ... whatever the case, we both needed it and had a much better night from it.
And for the night... CAMPING!
I decided that rather than rummage through the depths of the storage unit for my other tent, we'd just use the one I bought secondhand on Friday. Turns out, all was well with it [
A+, Craigslist! :)], and it didn't take us long at all to pick some flat spots on the lower portion of Becky's parents' property and pitch our tents.
PHOTO MONTAGE #2: CAMPING!
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| all set up (: |
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the most important part of camping?
-- marshmallows. duh. |
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syd learning how to make a fire
pie iron pizzas... no complaints there! |
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| mike helping out with some marshmallow roasts |
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| one of my greatest friends! |
Sydni had a BLAST, there were no meltdowns when I asked her to sleep in a tent, and it even rained just enough to lull us to sleep but not flood us out.
&& yes, this is backdated. I didn't take my laptop on a camping trip. (:
Weekend, continue!
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