batavia. random. to date.

we have been in batavia for about a week and a half. it’s mostly been very chill. we will stay through the weekend and then on memorial day, we will pack up and head over to letchworth state park for two weeks. i’m looking forward to it. but, here’s what’s been happening in batavia for the last 10 days or so…

well. before batavia. we stopped at leslie’s for eliot’s birthday. and anna rode a donkey.
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and then we made it to the lake and set up camp in the side of my mom’s yard.
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one day, we ventured out to the park. and found a train.
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and a bird’s nest.
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we’ve eaten a lot of delicious batavia food. like pizza.
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wings.
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hazel even tried a hot wing. she didn’t make it very far.
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more eating. tully’s buffalo chicken sandwich. gigantic.
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miss batavia diner breakfast selfie.
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cute crazel.
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we’ve taken quite a few bike rides to feed dan, the friendly horse, who lives around the corner from the lake.
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the bike gang.
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flying crazelnut.
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there was a surprise birthday party for my stepdad.
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butterfly whisperer.
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backlit pok-a-dot gang.
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dandelion seed spreader (inhaler).
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bubbles one.
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bubbles two.
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bubbles three.
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there was a bit of excitement one day when someone noticed a squirrel dangling from a tree branch. a small crowd gathered to try to free him. it looked like he had some fishing line caught on his tail that had then gotten caught on a tiny twig on the tree. folks were trying to reach branch cutters out and hurl anchor lines over the branch. finally terry got his gun and shot the branch, freeing the terrified rodent, sending him plummeting to the ground and scurrying off into the brush.
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my aunt eleanor flew in from oklahoma, so my mom had a little gathering for her. and there was beef on weck.
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julie came out and there was fishing.
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and kayaking.
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my gramps came from the nursing home.
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family folk.
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the view.
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then on a particularly warm day, we made our pilgrimage to north side deli to get slush puppies. sadly, they were either very watered down, or strawberry flavored. oh well.
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ice cream trip to dave’s.
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biking at the county park. this was after anna bit it in the parking lot and bloodied both knees, elbows, and her chest. she’s tough. on the way back, we rode trails instead of road and both kids did fantastic. there’s mountain biking hope yet!
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south side deli sub. another thing we get every time.
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i got the italian assorted. but not impressed. low meat ratio. and the bread is not delicious. oh well again.
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bedtime. with this grubby kid.
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the anna baby all bandaged up and scabbed over and bruised and dirty.
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kayak rides with my mom.
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my passenger for the kayak ride. in need of a bath.
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ice cream party at lickity splits.
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yesterday, we took the kids to the post office to apply for passport cards so we can roll the rambling road show into canada. it was a long process and the kids weren’t super cooperative. and i have these commemorative photos to remember the day by.
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after the long passport morning, isaac and i rode to buffalo to test drive and purchase this bike we found on craigslist. it was a little more expensive than we had planned to spend, but it’s a pretty sweet bike and so much better quality that what we would have gotten for that amount brand new. he loves it, but might need to grow an inch or two to truly be comfy with it.
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anna ended her day with a little fishing. all on her own, she captured a sunfish with her net. and then used it for bait (she put the hook through it’s belly. gruesome.). and caught a giant bass. she could barely lift it, but managed to flop it onto the dock, and derek came to the rescue to unhook and hold it for a super fisherman pose.
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and that brings me to this morning. 🙂

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