Kinetic Sculpture

Calvin and I went to the Farmer's Market at Thanksgiving Point a week ago. They had an art exhibit that included this cool kinetic sculpture. It had big buckets of water that was piped and moved around. There were various switches and levers that could be pulled to affect the sculpture. Sometimes it made noise and sometimes it shot or dumped water. It was a lot of fun. I couldn't get Calvin away from it. He was in little guy heaven!

How to get a kid to eat his vegetables

It turns out that all you have to do to get some kids to eat their vegetables is to grow them yourself. If we pull it out of the garden Calvin will pretty much eat it. He is eating raw Zucchini here. He eats carrots, squash, tomatoes, cucumber, strawberries, peas, lettuce and peppers so well when he helps pull them from the garden. Yay!

Monster Carrots!

So that is why you are not supposed to plant carrots too close! Yesterday I wanted to pull some carrots from the garden to put into my dinner, but this was the beast that I ended up with! You wouldn't believe how intertwined those things were!

Washing Dishes

I thought this was a funny moment worth talking about. Calvin and I had been cooking (hence the apron) and we had accrued some dishes in the sink. Calvin thought that was great and he jumped right in to do his thing. I am not sure that his purpose was to clean dishes, but whatever it was he was having fun - at least until I pulled him down.

Canning

I canned! This is not a pastime that I usually take part in. I am planning to do more, but here is my start. I am pretty proud of how pretty they are. They are cherries by the way.

The great haircut!

A few weeks ago (yep, that long ago) Calvin and I made a visit to Aunt Chelsea's to get a haircut. I'd let his curls grow out too long, and although I loved them, he was taken for a little girl way too often. Fortunately, Chelsea is a pro and she did a great job giving Calvin a little boy's haircut. I still think he is super cute!

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Wheeler Farms

On Monday Calvin and I went to Wheeler Farms with some friends from our neighborhood. It was a lot of fun to see all of the animals. Calvin made some of the best mooing and quacking sounds, and he really liked all of the farm equipment. It was especially fun to just get out and play! Poor little guy has been pretty cooped up recently.
Calvin liked the barn with all of the old farm equipment. However, I think that it was the rope barrier that was really fun! I had a hard time keeping him where he was supposed to be. He really wanted to get in and explore.
This is the tractor that he really loved. I couldn't convince him to turn and smile at me - he was too busy driving. It is important to keep your eyes on the road!