An Outlet for an Obsession with Animals

My daughter loves animals.  I mean L.O.V.E.S. animals.  If we would allow her, we would have a small (large) farm full of animals.  When she was recently asked what she wants to do when she grows up she said, "Take care of ocean animals in the morning and take care of other animals around lunch."

She has never been interested in dolls.  She is however obsessed with stuffed animals; and we must have 2 of each animal (a mother and it's baby of course).  When my husband came home from town the other day he told me he saw a place called "Dr. Karen's Pet Hospital" and he thought that one day we will probably see our daughter's name on a sign like that. 

My daughter and I were recently introduced to something called lapbooks at the Lego class she's been taking.  Since then, she has been begging me to help her make lapbooks about different animals.  I've been reluctant to do so because I just didn't feel like I knew enough about how to do it.  I finally decided to take the plunge, but not till after making a trip to the library to get books about the animal specified.  

In the last week we have done a lapbook on manatees.

And a lapbook on parrots.

We've even left room to add more information and pictures we've taken at zoos.

Next on the list.... rodents.

Now to get to the store to find a way to store all of these beautiful creations.  Who knows... she may need some of the information we've gathered when she's in veterinary school in a few years  :-)