Lucy is Two!

Lulu's new ride.

Lulu on her new scooter, wearing her new swim goggles from cousin May.

Our litle Lulu is two years old and I am wondering where the time has gone. It is such a bittersweet feeling, knowing that there is no longer a baby in the house. Our big girl is so much fun these days. She loves dressing up in her tutu, following Gus around, looking for bugs, digging in the sandbox, playing with the "ducks" (the chickens) and singing songs.

We had a great little birthday celebration here this weekend. Grandma Connie, Grammy Kath, and Grandpa Tim made it for the weekend. Grandpa Dick was busy attending a WEA convention.

Not-so-Extreme Makeover: Backyard Edition

So after watching Food INC., and visiting our friends with chickens..... we jumped on the bandwagon and are Pollo Loco. Matt and Tim framed out a Chichen Paradise.. a nice coop for our 6 hens. We have 3 Golden Comets, 2 Barred Rocks, and 1 New Hampshire Red in the basement right now, under a warming lamp. They are tiny and cute and they poop everywhere. I will post more pics of the gals later. For now, enjoy the mini backyard makeover pics. We expanded the garden area to make a bigger veggie and flower garden.

Where did April go?

I can't believe it is May 1st already and Lucy will be two in about two weeks. What a great month April was. We had really warm temps around Matt's birthday, new chickens to join our clan, projects in the backyard, and family that came up for visits which is always fun.

Here are some pics from Matt's b-day celebration, Molly and Aaron's visit, a trip to Shaw's pond, and Lucy doing her stickers with stylish sunglasses (on upsidedown).

More pics to come.....

Brrr Easter

Gus, a preschool mate, and Lucy.

Easter was cold, windy, yet somewhat sunny this past Sunday. We went to the park and hunted eggs. Gus and Lucy managed to bring about a dozen home- good thing it wasn't more than that because in Oroville, the egg hunt involves real eggs. So now I have about 3 more egg salad sandwiches and they will be finished.

Spokane and Bugs

A nice place for a pit stop right above Grand Coulee Dam- beautiful spring day.

Gus and the stick bug.

Mom, he likes my shirt because it looks like lettuce!

A rose haired tarantula. And yes folks, I actually touched this one. I am trying to get over my arachnophobia.

Last week was Spring Break week for the kids and we decided to hit Spokane. (Daddy, both grandpas, aunts and uncles all went fishing in Western Montana)... It was a good time for sure, we visited family, friends, and mobius kids. For those of you who have not made the pilgrimage to the downtown kid's museum in Spokane, I definitely recommend this place. Gus handled the bugs and Lucy played at the water table for a long while. (take the kids out of Okanogan County and they still gravitate towards their fave things: Bugs and Water).

Speaking of Bugs, somewhere along the way Lucy and I picked up Strep Throat. It was nasty and I had to miss a couple of days of work, but now we are feeling much better.

Fun Weekend- Lots of Pics

Lulu, this is where you go down.

Here's how it works, kid.

The swing is always a favorite.

Smiles

What a beautiful weekend. We had sunny and warm weather here and enjoyed playing outside and going to the park today. Lucy was very brave on the slide after Gus showed her how it works.

I have a chicken roasting in the oven.. Julia Child's recipe,.. there is a bottle of Viognier chilling in the fridge, and now I am just waiting for the Oscars to come on. It doesn't get any better than that for a Sunday in March.