avablog » Outdoors

Morning bug

map — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:05:24 +0000

I was emptying some compost this morning when Leah came out on the back porch with Emmett. She spotted a cicada clinging to the wall near the stairs and alerted ECP to its presence. It was at that point I asked Leah to grab the video camera….

Photos from an afternoon

map — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:14:42 +0000

with Gramary. Photos by Gramary.

Halcyon days

map — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:04:55 +0000

I don’t have nearly enough pics of the kids together. I’m doing what I can to resolve that situation, and here’s proof:

They’re so cute together. This morning, before we left for work, Ava and Emmett played together on the front walk. Ava did chalk drawings of excavators (for him) and puppies (for her), and Emmett pushed his little car around the lawn. I don’t know that I’d say Emmett idolizes his big sis, but he sure does smile a lot when she comes around.

Bubbles

map — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:21:46 +0000

It was a nice weekend to sit by the wading pool and blowing bubbles. Here’s a shot of Ava, doing both.

Stormy weather

map — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:27:11 +0000

We’ve been getting only the spent remnants of the storms that pounded Missouri and Kansas, but we did get a short burst of hail the other day. Ava and Emmett ran around the neighborhood, picking stones out of the grass wherever they could find them. Some of the pieces were pretty big!