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Art is clearly into abstract art, much to my previously mentioned chagrin, however his abstract 'pieces' have so often shown some real thought. Take a look at this crayon creation from school a few weeks ago. What could have compelled the red splotch? Love it. Here's a 'work' from Lewis around the same time. Sometimes their drawings are indistinguishable from each other's.

There's a couple big drainage ditches a few blocks from our house. Both are fun destinations, one with a big Weeping Willow that Art calls the Egret's Nest (we've seen egret at the drainage pond there) and the other is surround by tall reeds and cattails. We went over there last week to explore and had a great time exploding the cattails' seeds. You just start to open them and the seeds start peeling away from the plant like an overflowing bathtub or something. Last night we went down there after dinner for some more cattail fun and realized we could bring the cattails from the one 'pond' across the street to the other one and try to populate the cattails over there!!! We exploded five cattails by the water of the Egret's Nest pond and will eagerly watch next spring to see if our seeding efforts were successful.

Nanna was in town to join us for a Nature Day visit to the MN Zoo.

Be warned, if you come over to our house, you will likely be asked by Arthur to have a dance party in the basement (photos by Bubbe!).

Going through old tapes at work and found this fun and short footage. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFYcp-TxOPU&hl=en&fs=1&&w=640&h=385]