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Today we took a trip the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden for nature day, an extraordinary wooded area in (or near?) Theodore Wirth Park on the western edge of Minneapolis. Jess had been there once before on her own for a mushroom walk. It was so beautiful. Super shady and moist, lots of moss and rare flowers. Bubbe joined us, as did swarms of mosquito's. We didn't spend as long as we would've like since we forgot our repellent, but they had neat little cabin/learning center in the woods with fun things to touch and learn about (snake's skin, turtle shell, bear and beaver fur, and a buffalo rib!).

We went to the Minnesota Zoo last week and just found the camera with the photos (we thought we lost it but apparently left it at Jessica's sister Emily and Mike's house). Anyway, here are some photos. The first is of a bald eagle, one of many wonderful birds we saw during a bird show. They were flying around our heads and a certain brainy parrot said more than 20 different phrases. Really amazing.

Josh invited Art and I to go wind surfing with him on Lake Calhoun today (Josh bought a cheap one last year and has become pretty good). After Josh went across most of the lake and back I took a turn. I got out to the middle of the lake without falling down (thankfully, since the edge of the lake is saturated with stringy strands of milfoil reaching up to tangle your legs. Anyway, I turned it around but couldn't figure out how to go back. The physics of it was baffling. Eventually another windsurfer came to the rescue and towed me all the way to shore. A real nice fellow!

Today we spent the morning digging up weeds and bricks in the alley. And made a huge, irresistible pile of dark earth. Jess promptly bathed the filthy animals in the sink.

Ben's been buggin' me, and with good reason, because I so rarely write anything for the blog anymore.  I'm just so much busier!  I can't waste my precious naptime on the computer.  And if I do have a few minutes uninterrupted when the kids are awake I feel like I should be eating.  I've barely gained seven pounds since before I was pregnant, which is below the recommended weight gain for a singleton  pregnancy at my stage, let alone twins.  I have so much catching up to do!  I do NOT want to have tiny, NICU babies.  I must eat and sleep and do everything I can to keep them in until they are DONE! Anyway, back to the out-of-utero kids.  I was bummed to be woken from my nap after just an hour by Art's whiny call, "Mamaaaaa!  I need you!"  He had a bloody nose.  That sucks for him.  Sucks for me and Lewis, too, because Art naturally gets scared and keeps asking, more and more urgently, "When is it going to be done?  When is it going to be done?...

Here's a funny voicemail Jessica just left for me (as transcribed by Google Voice): "Hey E, a deadline in if it's me. It's got to call you back. Excuse me. The cats were, or at work district. We had a lovely night are with the wyney most the time because you didn't take a nap today, but otherwise good to turned out alright and and then the voice to the bath. Lots of polls today. Bye bye, isn't it. Let books. Louis. When Lindeman movement for over half an hour. Hey man, It's only go upstairs ones give me one or we reached his parents plan, Hi Kevin, 840 prenatal regular appointment tomorrow and just you may get a check up perm so when you settle in. You know you just remember that it's on the family can't Realty is talking that I'll be up for about 10 15 minutes you're interested and I'll talk to you. Maybe later in the OR or what her love you."