Go caving!

cave tour, originally uploaded by Jen!!.

I guess I have been in a cave before--the wide mouth kinds where you can walk in a little bit and poke around. The ones like the cave on Gilligan's island. The one with the HUGE spider. Remember? Anyhow, I'd never been fully underground in a cave until earlier this week when we (me & that wonderful man I'm dating & his new dog--she didn't get to go into the cave) went down to Kentucky to Mammoth Cave National Park. The picture is a small patch of green limestone from part of the tour (over 500 stairs included, no extra charge). I didn't use the flash on the camera and was pleasantly surprised to see that the green coloring actually came through in the picture. I enjoyed the area so much that I want to go back again sometime soon and take my kids.

Fu Dog Garden

Fu Dog Garden, originally uploaded by Jen!!.

I've been a little under the weather (okay, really sick for a few days, then just puny for a few days after that) and now I'm feeling better but haven't been out doing anything while my camera was in tow.

I've said before how much I love the outdoors and how much I love getting outside with the kids. So when I suggested to my kids that we head to Kickapoo, and they countered with "that place with the dog statues," how could I resist? So to Allerton we went two weeks ago. The day was gorgeous. We sloshed through the mud and snow and puddles and had a jolly good outdoorsy time.

I hope to have more posts soon with recent pictures OR maybe in honor of my recent Facebook re-acquaintance with friends from college, I'll dig up old pictures, scan them and post another memory or two here.

Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster, originally uploaded by Jen!!.

I commented to Julia how I liked that he was riding a skateboard, and she said, "MOM! That's not exactly right. See, he was walking down the hill when he tripped and landed on his tummy on the skateboard. Then he stood up on it and rode it the rest of the way down." Or something like that. To hear her tell it, it was quite dramatic. I hung on every word she was saying. She's an awesome story teller. I also love the googly eyes and that he has a thought bubble of a cookie, even though he's already in possession of a cookie.