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the nature center

my kiddos have always enjoyed visiting the local state parks nature center. i don't really get it. i mean it is okay, but how many times can you look at the same snake that doesn't do anything because he has been locked up for so long? they do have some puppets the kids like to play with, but for whatever reason, my kids are HUGE nature center fans!! they get it from their father who works very hard at providing nature in our downtown back yard.

mapboy had learned all the birds, trees, wildflowers, and which belongs to which state by the time he was 4. me - i still could quite frankly care less, but nevertheless i'm learning all sorts of things from my precious children.

so...a few weeks ago i was gone for the weekend. something must have come up about building a nature center here at our house. for the past week there has been nothing but talk about this center. we have written down list after list: things we have, things we need, things we are going to do.

i confess i really thought it was just a cute form of entertainment and a nice way for mapboy to think through things. but oh no....on monday night we loaded up to go look at the local "junque garden" for a craft table and bookshelf! they weren't open but that didn't stop my sweet hubby...he stopped by wednesday afternoon when he saw her open. he found the perfect table and shelf for, of course, an incredible deal! so this afternoon princess and i took a look at them. now, they are "junque" but hubby has a great way with things. the table is very nice, but very low. he promises me some new ball feet will work wonders on it. the bookshelf is cute, but ugly. does that make sense...nothing a nice coat of paint won't fix! and they really were cheap!!!

so in less than 2 hours we purchased the set and he found someone to pick them up and bring them to the house! the kids were THRILLED! mapboy wants to know when it will be open for him to invite people over. he told his teacher he needed jars and pictures of nature things. he has told his best buddy all about it. hmm....

now....you should know, this is all going to happen in the room that i've been waiting 2 years to make into my craft room. hubby assures me it will still function in that way. if i had known 2 years ago all it was going to take was referring to it as a nature center and 2 weeks later i'd have everything i needed, i would have most defintely jumped on that. but either way...

I'M GETTING MY CRAFT ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but sh-sh.....we are calling it the nature center!! drop by and take a visit. i'm not sure what you might see. town living does provide some interesting creatures of nature!!!!!

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