Yeah, it's Friday...now where's my paci! Aaaahhh, got it.

The evolution of a cry.

We were so excited the other day, when upon watering the fruit trees, realized we had our first plum! Weren't expecting anything for at least another season or two, but pleasantly surprised by our first fruit. Our little miss did the honors and gave the fruit a taste...it passed with flying colors and she promptly asked for more.

I also recently discovered a new setting on my camera, which takes pictures really fast (I think it's a sports setting). I happened to be testing it out and was able to capture a quick decline, after the happy tasting of the plum. I can't remember what the reason for it was, but even in tears, she's still just about the sweetest thing around! (Note: not sure why this is underlined and can't fingure out how to turn it off!)

For DanDaddy and FaFa

Sorry it's taken so long to get these posted. Lesson learned, next time you want to email out videos of the kiddies, keep the length of the video much, much shorter! So without further delay, DanDaddy and FaFa here are your Father's Day videos. Hope you enjoy!

Father's Day

Father's Day this year was a great family adventure. We ventured out to Goodale State Park, which we found out is only about 20 minutes from our house. We had our first hike as a family of four, with 2 backpacks, enjoyed a picnic and the wonderful scenery. Ger, you are such a wonderful father, Pip and Boone are so fortunate to be able to call you Daddy.

Piper improvised with her one-piece outfit after a few overly-juicy blackberries resulted in a large quantity of blackberry juice down the front of her outfit. The result of her handy work is what is in the picture above.

Bunnies, Buddies and Bare Bottoms

We can officially say that the BUNNIES that live on our property have had a most fruitful winter/spring. We have gone from seeing them very rarely (last year), to seeing at least 5 or so each morning and evening. Here's a couple caught on camera.

Here's the only indoor one we've seen this year-what a cutie!

While they have thus far been a welcome neighbor, our relationship with them has been tested as of late, since they have officially invaded our garden! In addition, they are feasting on our newly planted grass. Our beautiful cantelope have been destroyed and a certain member of our house has declared war! Oh, did I forget to mention in the title of this post that there has also been a REDNECK SIGHTING recently as well?

Note: For those that are horrified by the actions implied by this photo, I assure you that we believe very strongly in buying locally and are working hard to become as self-sustaining as we can be. That being said, we have added rabbit to our list of items that can be hunted/gathered from our own land! My husband is working to "stock the freezer" to make his first rabbit stew.

Just an early morning hang out session with three BUDDIES!

Sometimes when you are swimming in your pool, you get overcome with the strongest urge to take your bathing suit off and take your BARE BOTTOMED self hunting for fresh herbs.

Water Works

Piper just had her second Parent and me swim lesson this past Saturday. So far, her thoughts about swimming are mixed. During the class, she is fine until the activities/songs that require her to put her face in the water or get her head wet. So once that starts, it's a bit down hill for the rest of the class. But once we get out of the pool and start drying off, she starts giggling and saying how much fun she had. And then she talks about the class all week long in anticipation of Saturday and another class. So, we've been practicing things we do in her class in the tub at night and in her kiddie pool outside, and hope by the end of the classes she will feel more comfortable in the pool.

But for the time being, the term "dolphin dips" is just a fancy way to say, put my head under water and folks, she ain't buying it!

Sittin' Tall

Boone is starting to sit up for short periods of time. He get so excited to be sitting up on the floor with everyone else that he usually he ends up throwing himself either backwards or he topples over to the side. We spent a lot of time outside over the weekend, and he was so proud of himself for sittin' tall in his stroller.