Recent happenings

In the last month or so, in no particular order, we have:

Worked on a science fair project

Seen some beautiful BLUE eyes!

Helped Mama ice her knees

Enjoyed an afternoon at the beach with typical Kodiak weather
(chilly and rainy for those who aren't familiar)

Defeated the baby gate to get upstairs
(The Duchess's foot is barely seen next to the wall)

Gone shoe shopping for me
No.  The shoes didn't fit.

Hiked at Ft Abercrombie

Talked on the banana

Played doctor

Worked on Mama's computer
(it had been closed and hiding under the couch...)

Bundled up to go for a walk with the new jogging stroller

Played in the snow (in late April)

Tried to sneak a cookie
(the orange cookies are a hit around here)

Shared with sisters

The Duchess comforted her Miss E after Miss E got in trouble

Swept the front porch

More shoe shopping - still nothing

Beautiful sunrise at the Buskin again

Coming home after a hike

Enjoyed making faces in her open top cup at the galley

Time for a workout! Bear crawling through the kitchen!

A rare sunny Kodiak day

Where we found a fallen tree and had to figure out how to get around it

Watched Lady A's very last soccer game

And worked on Mama's computer again.
(the Duchess is the engineer of our family)

It has been so much fun hanging out with these girls.  Birthday updates shortly!

To compare

A few days ago, I posted some photos.  The very next day, I went out to the same location and took some more.  Do you notice the difference?

And now the following day:

the view upstream is mostly ice

Almost completely iced over

quite a bit more ice on the 2nd day

Sunrise on the Buskin

I went out to the Buskin River this morning because I was awake before sunrise today.  Being awake before sunrise isn't unusual when sunrise is at 9am.  Being awake before sunrise on a cloudless morning is unusual right now.  We have about 7-10 days of rain or cloudy weather and then one or two days of sunshine followed by 7-10 days of rain or cloudy weather.  While the sun was shining and the sky was cloudless, it was certainly not warm this morning.  The white patches in the photos are ice. 

the mouth of the Buskin before sunrise

the mouth of the Buskin just after sunrise

further upstream on the Buskin

Photo Roundup

A had her 1st soccer game this past Saturday. She did much better than we expected, but she still had her moments. Like this one...drawing in the sand while the rest of her team was off chasing the ball.

The windup.

Her 1st goal kick in the game.

1st corner kick

Before the 1st game. (they played 2 games on Saturday)

My birthday celebration was small considering all of the sick kiddos in the house.

N sat down one afternoon and read a book to Miss E.

Snow day! N was packing snow for their "snow princess" as A called it.

We don't usually see this much snow. Two years in a row was somewhat amazing.

A was ready for her 1st practice. All dressed up and ready to play some soccer!

Miss E didn't think too much of her first bite of cereal. But she has eaten well and very quickly figured out how to protest when she thinks I am not feeding her quickly enough.

Admiring her Daddy.

Hope you have enjoyed the photo round up from the past few weeks!

Snow!!

My next door neighbor's wheelbarrow. Sara has had this leaning up against her house for several months. I had thought it would make a good subject, but it never really caught my eye until the snow.

Our puddle froze completely over. I refer you to the pictures of when it rains. The girls broke the ice once things started to thaw.

Throwing snowballs! Though I am not sure what A is upset about...

Our snow gauge. This was taken during the heaviest of the snow.