Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Spring's sprung?

Heard the first robins this morning, I think.

I'll have to check with Mouse to be sure.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Saturday Morning...

Rain was pretty heavy. Well, really heavy.

And I'm not a good driver into the city even in the best of circumstances.

We (Ursa Minor and I) went to the Field Museum to see the Real Pirates Exhibit (and wander around for a bit). It was a great time.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Square Root Day

I picked up Ursa Minor from the after school program as I do every Tuesday through Thursday.

On our way out, we passed some student work displayed on the wall.

Ursa Minor enjoys Greek/Roman mythology, and I noticed there were references that he might appreciate so we stopped and looked.

I don't know what grade the students who made the works were, but one image startled me a bit. It was a crayon drawing of Cronos, drawn in crayon, quite accurately, from the famous Victor Montoya image below:



Ew.

I much prefer Ursa Minor eating a Peep in one bite and saying, "I swallowed it whole, mistaking it for my child."
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