Science Fun in Chapel Hill
Today we were invited to go to Chapel Hill so that Kendall could participate in a study being done by the UNC Psychology department. This was a follow-up to last year’s visit, which Kendall enjoyed–and who wouldn’t enjoy getting piles of stickers for playing games with the researchers? 🙂 So we made the trek out this morning, and Kendall played her games while I filled out huge surveys, and she earned an entire baggie full of stickers, and even a special purple fairy rubber...
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Kendall loves these paper bag puppets, made from a kit that came as a prize in her Chick-Fil-A kid’s meal. She loves Pink Puppy and Blue Robot, and likes to make up puppet shows with...
Read MoreColorado Trip! Day 6
Well, it’s the last day of our trip in Colorado! It always goes by so quick. Today, we started as we did a lot of days of this trip with a competitive game of Uno. We decided to do a quick site-seeing tour of my old stomping grounds of northern Colorado Springs, known as Briargate. We drove by my first house, 8440 Freemantle Dr. Although the paint and landscaping was different, it looked quite similar to how I remembered. Then, we drove by my second house, 8810 Alpine Valley Dr. Here,...
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You go to Colorado Springs, you go up Pikes Peak, that’s how this works. And, as someone that grew-up at altitude, I feel it my duty to acclimatize the low-land family to being less than three miles up 🙂 We headed out fairly early in the morning to avoid any potential late-day thunderstorms and/or clouds. That plan was good as when we came down later in the day, the peak was covered in thunderstorms. Brian really enjoyed tracking our progress by mile-marker on his map. We are up there a...
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Time to take the kids to the zoo where they belong! Wait, we’re just visiting the zoo? Oh, okay, that’s cool too 🙂 It has been nearly four years since we visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Today, we made our return with Kendall on the outside! Each time I return, I’m amazed how much it has improved since I was a kid in Colorado. They have reduced the quantity of animals, but have really increased the quality of the enclosures. The elephant exhibit is really amazing, and this...
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