Nature Center for Aaron's 5th Birthday Pary

Zachary and Zoe are very fortunate to have to pals practically the same age as them that live here in Connecticut and their mommy and daddy are very good friends of Glenn and I. The Rubinfeld family has spent birthdays with us and vice versa. So yet another season of birthdays is upon us and Aaron turns 5 this month. He celebrated his big day at a nature center. Zachary loved it and already wants to know when we will go back. He was a brave boy going with the big kids on an archealogical dig and then a hike and Mama and Zoe stayed behind doing an art project and hanging out. The cake was yummy too and then there was a pinata (see pics below).


Zoe and her pal Jordan - they used to insist on calling each other on the phone - perhaps that will resume again as they get older. Zachary and his pal Aaron, the birthday boy, they look so big to us now! Can't beat those cute smiling faces.

Zachary was not such a strong pinata hitter, but he enjoyed it just the same, and got some candy (Mama helped dive for treats) and Zoe had a little less competition and even got a mini dinosaur to take home from inside her pinata.


Listening intensely to the teacher talk about turtles.

Can you see the snake that Zachary touched. What a great opportunity to be up close to a "safe" snake unlike the one living in our flower bed! Any ideas on how to rid our property of snakes are gladly appreciated.

Zachary found this "bone" (it looks like it is actually a turtle shell) during his dig with the big kids before his hike in the woods to find dinosaur foot prints.

Meanwhile Zoe painted her own dinosaur and then the newspaper underneath.

Fun was had by all at the party and the weather thankfully cooperated. Thanks Adam and Stacey for including us.