I knew you were going to wear that!

Even though we're 7 years apart, my sister and I have this weird fashion ESP. I'll never forget when she came home from college and I was in junior high and we had bought the exact same bathing suit. It was the '80s and it was pretty hideous, if I recall correctly. Peach and gray stripes - not a tankini, but the belly cut out and the sides attached. So hot.

We still do it on occasion, not wearing the exact same thing, but something similar. Like, at her rehearsal dinner we both wore sundresses with a chocolate brown and white spot thing going on. I've decided to start asking before I get dressed for a major event. Whoever is out of town and has only one outfit option wins.

Well, now we have two boys who are 10 months apart. We met in Salado for a weekend of swimming and just getting away. And.... here's the rest of the story:

(To any visiting knitters - I will get back to the knitting blogs eventually. Just haven't been up to it lately... more on why later... )

Future Fisherman

We just got back from a field trip to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. (Doing all I can to wear the boy out while Dad is out of town for work.) It's a neat place about an hour out of Dallas with a fish hatchery, catch and release pond, alligators and a tram tour of the hatchery.

"Hey fish, what you doin'? Wanna eat lunch with us?" (actual quote)

It's a bit too hot for fishing (and someone is a little too impatient), but no too hot to feed the catfish and explore the other aquariums. Too bad cousin Wyatt, the true fish lover, couldn't join us.

We'll do it again sometime when it's cooler!

D and the Dinosaur

Here's Donovan at the newly renovated science museum. Although nothing competes with the trash truck, dinosaurs are becoming one of his favorite things.

There's a fun story behind this picture... It's all because of Curious George. Donovan has really taken to reading Curious George stories every night before bed - I think he identifies with the character. I certainly identify with The Man in the Yellow Hat some days. So, one of the stories involves George and the man going to the dinosaur museum then going on a dig with scientists. That was all Donovan needed and we were talking about dinosaurs all the time. Some days we have a dinosaur that visits us at mealtime and we have to go to the front door to let him in.

One afternoon after school we went to the museum to see the Texas dinosaurs, but the T-Rex was missing! The museum was moving it to a new location and created a fun game out of it. The lady at the front desk told us he ran away and his friend, the other dinosaur, was sad. They had lost pet signs everywhere and even created a blog. Donovan talked about it for weeks. "The dinosaur ran away because he was sad." (so he got the story a little mixed up...)

So, the day the new exhibit was opened we all went to see him (most of all so he would quit asking about it!). He dug for dinosaur bones under the T-Rex and get his picture taken. And we're still talking about it... "The dinosaur came back!"