We went for a paddle at Hartley Nature Center. Thanks to Ryan for portaging our canoe without portage pads. Oops. Next time we'll bring everything. (right.) Lucy still talks about this. She paddled with a spoon and now says "row row" everytime she sees a spoon or her lifejacket. We're gotten her hooked! Awesome. I can't wait to do more on the water with her.
Lu got a bike for her birthday.
Grandma and Grandpa Erickson brought these little tables recently. The chair Lu is sitting in was from the one room school house Pam attended when she was little.
After the flooding - the Lake Superior Zoo's otters came to live at the Aquarium for a while. This is particularly fun because their holding space is a few steps from our offices in the basement. And they are very playful. What a nice treat to walk in and watch them frolic between emails. Here is the male, Otto, taking a sniff of Tara (our otter keeper).
A lovely day on the waterfront.
These are dwarf cuttlefish. Here they are strobing their colors and looking very alien. These males are establishing a pecking order.
Lucy and Ryan's evening routine. A bedtime snack and books. She's pretty particular about Ryan being there for this.
The kid pool has been well loved.
This big guy is Zeus. He was made by Mary Plaster, a local puppet maker and artist. He is at the Aquarium to announce an upcoming youth theater production of the "The Oddest Sea" - a Lake Superior spin on the classic tale. Up close this puppet is a little frightening. We'll just keep him up there on the balcony.
A favorite activity. Hopefully this ends before high school.
A constellation turtle from Uncle Ben and Aunt Trish.
Jellyfish have arrived in the salt water gallery.
A walk along the waterfront in Two Harbors.
After the walk on the waterfront.
Summer hydration is key.
As is a cute outfit. More often than not though pool time is naked time.
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