February 9

We took a trip to Blue Springs to see the manatees. Kate dives with them at the zoo, cleaning their tank, but they really like to play with her for some indefinable reason. She wanted to see them in the wild. It turns out we picked a good day -- there were a record 196 manatees in the spring that day.

The boys, though, were mostly interesting in crunching leaves on the boardwalk. Look at that happy face on Nicholas.