Tuesday we had our 2nd Singing Safari class at the Zoo. The weather was preety crummy so for the tour part we stayed in the conservatory part of the education building.
The teacher and Miss A sitting on the zoo staffer who introduced the animals. This class included a coral snake and pygmy hedgehog (to see and touch) and then a tarantula to just look at up close.
Thursday we went to the aquarium for the first time in a long time.
Miss A with the poison dart frogs statues in the play area.
Watching the older kids playing on the "frogger".
"How do you measure up?" to a shark. Looks like about 2 1/2'.
This picture was taken at snack time during Culture Kids class at the art museum this past Friday. This month's theme was "A Stoke of Genius". While we were waiting for the class to start Audrey drew on their cloud whiteboard and turned to me and signed and said "imagination" and told me what she was drawing. So when everyone arrived first the facilitator read I Ain't Gonna Paint No More. Next we went on a tour finding paintings of trees throughout the museum and exploring their different styles, applications and other observations (ie. time of year, lighting, etc). Then a snack was provided followed by painting a canvas using brushes, feathers and other objects. Only problem is they expected you to wear an apron. Miss A was not accomodating. So thinking if I wore it and started the painting she would see how fun it was and change her mind. She did not. We brought the painting home and she nows points to it and says "mama's painting." 
This Friday was also the first time our sitter Chelsea came from 2 - 5 PM to watch and play with Audrey. I'm planning on doing this on a semi-regular weekly basis. This week I used the time to finish Christmas shopping but in the future will used time for school research, doctor and dentist's appointment for me, getting rid of and organizing tax and adoption paperwork. I'm waiting until she starts school to tackle the nightmare our basement has become.
Saturday morning we rolled coins which Audrey thought was a lot of fun. We walk up to the bank some time next week and she can learn about deposits too.
Saturday afternoon was our neighborhood Reindog Parade.
Afterwards we went to Bow Tie with Helen and Paula.
And spent some time playing their piano too!
Applauding herself.
This week Sara broght over the disc of pictures she took last month.
This ball is the one her OT, Mary recommended we I buy for her when we were working on her muscle tone and crawling. What is sweet is she now does the same exercises with her stuffed animals that I would do with her.
Sweet.
Two things that are very important to Audrey... "manket" and her sippy cup.
