Homework

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Before school, with a “rollie pollie” in his bug case for show-and-tell.

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After school, doing homework for the first time.

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Life keeps getting more real for a 5 year old.

Art crabs

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In Red Hook to see the newest BWAC show that Nana T. helped put together. Noah brought his bug net/collector/storage thing.

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This was a music box with a recording of a woman asking for help.

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One of Noah’s picks.

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One of Nana T.’s pieces.

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Jam band.

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After Red Hook we went to Ryan and Ellen’s for a crab feast. Their son Ren with his crabby shirt.

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Ryan brought out the medieval Lego’s for the kids.

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Scrappy dude.

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Grant feeding the people.

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Thanks Ryan and Ellen for hosting. Thanks to Grant for cooking.

Poolside

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A morning swim out east visiting Mike and Kam.

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Animal rescue!

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Mission accomplished. Diego would be proud.

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Inside, having lunch and drawing for Kam.

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Noah and Kam really hit it off, it was an emotional good-bye.

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Long Island Aquarium

Animals, Chilling, Eating, Exploring, Learning, Reading, Uncle Matt (Uncle Bugs) 3 Comments »

Early September, waking up at Cedar Point County Park.

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Finding cool “seeds”.

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We met up with Uncle Bugs for breakfast in this super safe diner in a super safe part of town (those are bullet holes).

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Long Island Aquarium.

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Splashed.

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Flouders are strange.

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These things are strange too.

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Sharks.

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Back at the campground.

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I cooked dinner.

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Dinner with Nana T and Opa

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The day after coming back from NH we stopped by to see Nana T and Opa. After dinner Noah kind of knew what we might have for dessert…

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Plus gifts, dinner kept getting better!

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Animal rubber stamps.

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By the time you read this, this book will be memorized.

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Thanks for dinner Nana T and Opa, and thanks for the great gifts!