I am Batman's wife

Two things about the bat episode:

1. In general I am not squeamish about natural things--animals, dirt. But when I saw that bat I just felt horrified. I could not help ducking. I was afraid that it was going to fly into my forehead. Which it was not, and if it did, so what? It would have bumped into me and then flew away again. What's so scary about that? In my head I know that bats do not bump into things, but at the time I couldn't believe it. I guess its just an instinct or a reflex to duck away from flying things.

2. Dave makes me laugh. I was in our bedroom with Connor and Dave was out in the house getting something to catch the bat with, I THOUGHT. I thought he was getting a towel from the bathroom. NO, HE WAS GETTING THE CAMERA! When there's a wild animal in your house what's the first thing you think? For me, it's "Get the animal out of the house". For Dave, it's "Get the camera!" I never really would have predicted that of him. This amuses me.

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I am Batman

Well we had a little excitement last night. I was just about to fall asleep at around 3:30am or so and Connor had just woken up. Kate was trying to get him back to sleep in his room and then I heard Kate calling to me. We apparenty had a bat flying around in Connor's room. We have no idea how it got inside. So I had to fight the cat away from the room cuz she was going crazy for this bat. It was just swooping all around the room. Luckily I was able to snap off a few pictures. I grabbed the sheet off our bed and managed to throw it over the bat on only my 3rd try. I unwrapped it a little and was going to try to take a good picture of it when it was sitting on the ground but it started to try and fly again so I just wrapped it up and threw it outside. Woohoo! I love it when a plan comes together!

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A summer poem

Posted by Kate


Heat crawls into my house like a giant slug.
It is quick to arrive and slow to leave.
It likes to laze around my kitchen even when
the air outside has cooled.
I wish I had a giant hose to spray salt water on it.

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Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

We went to the Metro Zoo on Tuesday. It was a bit rainy in the morning but we set out anyway, hoping it would clear up. It did, and was not too hot. Connor was mildly amused by animals that were fairly big and did not move too quickly. Mostly, though, he was probably wondering why we kept pointing and saying, "Look, look!". He just thought he was having a really long ride in the stroller. We saw everything except the Canadian trail, because it is really long. At the end of the day we went around the new kids part, which was pretty neat. It was a good trip and Connor slept well in the car, which we were really thankful for.

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Here's a classic zoo picture.  

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We watched the seal swim for quite a long time. It was big and slow enough for Connor to follow.  

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This was really cool: the turtle swam around right at the glass for two or three minutes. Connor was singing to it. 

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Here is Connor admiring the prairie dogs... 

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And here is Connor in a prairie dog hole! 

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Oh, so that's where he came from! 

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Sir Connor of Allistonia, along with his faithful sidekick, Dad, has tamed the mighty sabretooth! 

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We went garage saleing (sailing?) on Saturday and I found this little Budah. He's the coolest! He's my lucky little Budah!
 

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Crazy Legs

Well as most of you know, Connor is in full crawling mode now for about 1 1/5 mths and we can't keep up to him most of the time. I don't mind the crawling though as now if he wants a certain toy then he can go get it and I don't have to try to guess what it is.

Anyways, the real update is that Connor has decided that crawling is for chumps. He has started pulling himself up to standing (not always successfully) and he will kinda walk a little if one of us holds his hands.

I'm not sure if I like this or not. I could barely keep up to him crawling, now he gonna go and start walking?!?! ACK!!!!

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YEAH!!!! SHUTDOWN!!!!

Well, I'm officially in Shutdown now. The Plant closed on Thursday and now I am off till next monday!! I've really been looking forward to this break so I can rest up my body so I can do it all again right up till Christmas.

We have a lot of plans on the go for this week. I've already been golfing twice, been to the Carleton Triplets Birthday party, and successfully fell asleep twice now while watching Ocean's 12. (I'm really happy that Blockbuster doesn't have late fees any more cuz I always fall asleep) We might be going to the Zoo tomorrow and we are going to Sarnia on Wednesday for a few days.

Everyone have a good Shutdown!

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