First Brood

I guess we are not awaiting the chickens from Joe so patiently. Amy and Sara wanted them sooner, so we now have 4 white ones which we picked up at the farmers' market. Hopefully the others will be arriving on Easter.

Wood Frogs

This one was spotted heading toward the frog party going on in the back pond. They have been quite noisy lately, but it sounds like SPRING! Hurray!

(and I just heard the first Peeper last night. I love that sound.)

Oh, and I know that Macrae's boots are on the wrong feet, but he is in the "I can put shoes on all by myself" stage.

Apartment Project - Kitchen Sink

Awesome countertop!

Macrae is trying to distract the working men with a dance.

Apartment Bathroom Progress

Nice work, Tim!

Macrae was making sure that he can reach the faucet from both sides.

It won his approval.

Make a Smilebox postcard

Oh Happy Day!

(Mamma wasn't real happy with all the leaf crumbs in my diaper, 

which ended up on the carpet!)

Leaf it to Macrae.

This is the fun I had today:

First, I covered myself with the leaves that Momma was raking...

then I rolled around in them...

I thought I saw some more coming out of the sky.

Aha! it was Momma throwing them at me!

I tried to catch them...

...over and over, until she got some good photos!

Whew! That was exhausting fun!

Awesome pics!

These were taken by JJ Horvath (www.JJHorvath.com) at Tri-County Tots' Halloween party, on Oct. 12th.

Thanks JJ, and Autumn for all your time & effort put into capturing our fun in photos!

Making Scarecrows with Tri-County Tots Playgroup

Oct. 8, 2008

"Hey, wanna come over and make some scarecrows?"

"Ok, that's boring! We'll just play..."

"...and let our moms do it!"

"Thanks Aunt Linda for chasing me around all day! It was fun!"

Helpless

About an hour ago Macrae turned his chair to face the window and climbed up in. About a half hour ago he started whining. He has buckled himself in.

I ask him if he wants to get down. The whines stop and I hear a little, "No."

The whining starts again.

I ask: "Do you want to eat? Drink? Draw? Go outside?" 

He replies with his cute little: "No." "No." "No." "No."

The whining continues.

I get up (several times now) and go ask him if I can help him get down.

He comes close to the edge of the tantrum cliff.

I sit back down.

Why do I feel helpless?

Flirting Macrae:

This is Macrae flirting with Sara a couple months ago.

The goats are growing.

Hey, wanna come IN and play?

Today's project.

Macrae decided to clean out the cabinet...

Oooooo, THIS looks yummy!

You caught me!

But look what I FOUND...

...and, and, see how I can STACK these?

.....with my little helper.

He tests the bacon to make sure it is crisp enough.

It passes his inspection, and he goes back to stirring his soup.

A birthday fish. "YAY!!"

Watch as Macrae puts his hand to his head and thinks I can't believe I got a FISH!!

(Hey Linda, what happened to your fish?? I never heard the rest of the story.)

Shower time!

He is so cute, I had to share these. We were filling the tub and he kept turning on the shower.

The adventures of (Robin Hood) Macrae...

         ...on a rainy day.

One of many uses for a portable goat pen:

I have been told that pools should be fenced in.

Hmmm....

Is the idea to keep toddlers in....,or out? (I guess it all depends on the size of the pool.)

Have a happy day!!

A boy and a goat:

Macrae see, Macrae do!