(Happily) Flew through some school this morning. Then, we might have got the order of things wrong, but so be it… Chiro then trampoline park for the kiddos. Welcome time with sweet friends (both theirs and mine).

A trampoline park is seen through a chain-link fence, with kids playing on the trampolines.

From our trip last week

March 27, 2025: Houston Museum of Natural Science

Such a good museum. My two favorite exhibits this time were Fabergé (first two photos) and Gems and Minerals. Ancient Egypt is pretty cool too. (Third photo is from the Hall of Paleontology 🦖.)

A detailed, intricately designed egg sits on display in an art exhibition, surrounded by glass cases.A girl in a red skirt walks through an ornate, museum interior with intricate flooring and display cases.A large dinosaur skeleton is displayed in a museum exhibit, mounted in a dramatic, dynamic pose.

Busy, busy last week and a half. Baseball practice for the bud, pack for trip, go on trip for 4 days, travel home with baseball game next day, church and house care, another baseball game, my week to teach at our co-op, grocery shopping, eye appt. for me, packing for another trip soon, + homeschool.

March 26th, 2025: Houston Zoo!

Ro’s favorite animal was the meerkats. And I didn’t get a picture of her with those even though she sat looking at them for a while… And asked to see them one more time before we left. But allll the other animals were close seconds. And we had a great time!!

A seal gracefully swims underwater while sunlight filters through the surface above, with a child watching from below.Two children are observing a pelican through some fencing at an outdoor enclosure.A child is observing mongoose from inside a transparent dome in a zoo exhibit.

Recent Thrift Finds

Haven’t been thrifting quite as much recently. But picked up these things a couple of weeks ago. Spring feels!

A floral mug that I’ll add to a Spring mug collection. This was either 25 or 50 cents.

A ceramic flower thing. Maybe a soap dish. Would be cute as such for my girl. Might also use as a jewelry dish for my girl. I think this was $1, maybe less.

A framed print of the Eiffel Tower. The print is lovely, but I bought this for the nice wood and glass frame and pretty pink mat. It was $2.

A real unique (at least I think so) and real thick glass bud vase. I just liked it. My dad collected bottles, so I kind of get it honest. 🥰 This was $1.

A large iridescent pink vase. This isn’t vintage. But as soon as I saw it, I thought ZINNIAS! (with exclamation and everything). I might’ve mentioned it before, but when I see inexpensive vases, I’ve been grabbing them so that I can gift a bouquet of homegrown flowers (likely zinnias) in something fun! This was $2.

This makes me smile.

She missed co-op yesterday because of a sore throat, but we brought her home all the activities. She got busy on this one yesterday evening.

A child is wearing a puma/cougar mask while standing indoors.