Defying Gravity

{He landed on his feet, I just didn't catch that on camera}

{This one made me laugh, "♪♪ Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting. ♪♪ "}

{My wild princess}

{The silly dog looks more worried than she does. We've declared him the most un-photogenic dog on earth. It is pretty much impossible to get a nice picture of him.}

After so much cold, snowy, and wet weather it's kind of hard to keep their feet on the ground now that it's warmer and sunny out.

Hunting for Coyotes

"Mommy, will you go to the woods with me?" asked Emmett.
"Sure, baby, why do you want to go to the woods?"
"'Cause we're going hunting for coyotes!" he replied.
"Well lets go then!"

I helped him find his hat and his boots (he had already put on his sister's sweater before he came to ask me to go outside...) and out we went. He grabbed a basket on the way out, and when I asked him what he was going to use the basket for, he told me "stuff".

We wandered through the trees, talking about things like birds and squirrels. He noticed how loud our walking was as we crunched through the dry leaves. "Walk like this Mommy" he ordered, marching with his feet raised high to maximize the sound. So we marched for a while.

He found nuts, chewed by squirrels and mice, and put them in his basket. He discovered a hole dug underneath the roots of a cut tree stump.

He rolled all of his collected nuts down into the hole and when I asked him why he did that he replied "just 'cause." Well that sounded like a good reason to me.

Then we wandered past a patch of moss, he collected a tiny bit and examined it closely then tucked it into his basket.

Eventually we found our way to the trampoline. He climbed onto it and began doing somersaults. Between the dry winter air, the wool sweater and the nylon trampoline mat he developed quite a charge of static electricity. His fine curly hair was standing on end. Claire saw us playing there and ran over to join us. After a few minutes of playing together Emmett noticed her hair...

"Sissy" he proclaimed "You look like a happy octopus!"

We never found those coyotes he was looking for, but I'd say it was a great trip outside after all!

Meanwhile in the house:

Weekending

This weekend we: 

:: Played "Nosey-Nosey" 

:: Built her very own balance beam, Danced around for the sheer joy of having done it herself, And then walked back and forth across it for almost an hour

:: Went on very important adventures through the dry leaves

:: Climbed the "tallest-tree-house-tree ever" *otherwise known as a bush* and marveled at her baby brother all the way below her *about 3 feet down!*

:: Enjoyed a few hours of leisurely reading

:: Got breakfast ALL BY HIMSELF...

:: Shaped the stone by hand and made himself a real tom-a-hawk (Matthew)

:: Played for hours in the very cold sunshine on the new swing their Daddy hung from the giant old Oak tree in our front yard

:: Cuddled up all together in front of a beautiful fire and watched the rainbow colored flames. 

:: Enjoyed just being, together and happy, in our home.