Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2006. Mattie was celebrating his fourth birthday at Riverbend Nature Center in Great Falls, VA. This was Mattie's first birthday party outside of our home. That year we invited only a handful of preschool buddies to the party. Mainly because Mattie's preschool teacher said with this age group, kids can get overwhelmed easily. So it was better to have the same number of kids in attendance as the age Mattie was turning. So we invited four of Mattie's close friends to a dinosaur party, which involved a trip through the woods with a naturalist, a dinosaur dig in a sandbox, a meet and greet with animals like snakes and turtles, and a pinata and cake.
Quote of the day: That no one dies of migraine seems, to someone deep into an attack, an ambiguous blessing. ~ Joan Didion
Migraine and all, I worked the entire day on Foundation things and of course walked Sunny. While down by the Potomac River with Sunny, I could see anhingas floating in the water. The anhinga is also called the snake bird, because of its snake like head protruding in the water. I saw many of these birds in Florida, but rarely in DC. Especially when it is so cold (as today felt like WINTER). So I felt this was a little piece of Florida coming to visit with me today.
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