Spring Break: Duluth Zoo

After our stop at Canal Park, we proceeded to the zoo. We hadn't been there since Ollie was a baby and Remy was 2, so neither of them remembered it. (See our last trip here.) Even though it's a small zoo, the grounds are nice and we all had a good time seeing the animals.

After we looked at some small animals inside, the first animal we saw was the tiger

Lemurs

Tamarind Monkeys

Turtle

Callimico (cutest little thing was right by the glass)

Comparing arm spans to the monkey's arm spans:

In the nocturnal exhibit, a porcupine eating lettuce

Posing on the frogs and turtle:

Nearly impossible to get 4 kids to look and smile at the same time

Jackson had fun taking pictures, too

Staredown with a goat--I guess the goat won, because we walked away

Kodiak Bear

There is a snowy owl back there, but I couldn't focus on it because the fencing got in the way

The polar bear was one of the favorite animals to see

Canada Geese wander freely throughout the zoo

Lions lounging

Kookaburra

And finally, one last look at the tiger right before we left the zoo

After the zoo, we went UP to Enger Tower to get a view of Duluth.

Spring Break: Canal Park

The kids had Spring Break last week, although the weather wasn't very springlike. We even woke up to snow on the ground one day.

Raina did her best to "think spring!"

Despite the weather, we went to Duluth one day for fresh air and family time.
Our first stop was Canal Park, where we saw several ships in the area.

It was a little chilly by the lake

Buddies

Brothers

Look at those eyelashes!

Big brother/little brother

Hat on, coat optional

The Algosoo was scheduled to pass through, so we joined the crowd and watched it pass under the Aerial Lift Bridge.

I could barely fit the whole ship in the photo

After the ship had passed, we picked up some bread and coffee at Amazing Grace. Then we were on to our next destination: the Duluth Zoo.

Still Winter

Despite a rather mild winter so far, we were reminded that it is still winter when it snowed earlier this week.

Remy Turns Five!

Remy turned five last week--a whole hand! He chose salad, pizza and milk for his birthday supper, and chocolate cake and frosting for his cake.

A few days old

One year old

Four years old

Five years old

Full Moon

Last week, I had just picked Jackson up from basketball practice at around 5:30 p.m., right when the sun is setting and the moon rising. As we headed home, the moon was huge and had an orange tint, so I stopped home quick to grab my camera. I drove to the marina, which even though it's only a couple of minutes away, seemed to take forever because the light was fading fast. The photographs I took were nowhere near as beautiful as seeing the moon over Lake Superior, but I still like the reflection of the moon on the water.

Shades of Gray

On days when I manage to escape to the grocery store without taking any kids with me, I like to take my camera out and see what I can capture. I recently explored the shores of Lake Superior in Two Harbors on a gray day when ice was hanging from rocks along the shoreline. It was so gray that many of these pictures look like black and white photos on first glance.


I found myself most fascinated by icicles dripping down from rocks and branches.