Showing posts with label Pets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pets. Show all posts

February 15, 2014

A Weekend Snowpocolypse!

This past weekend, the Pacific NW was hit with freezing temperatures and snow. Schools were closed. Roads got icy and jammed up with accidents and slow moving vehicles. Tim got a 3 1/2 day weekend. But as the temperatures dipped, we enjoyed some relaxing family time in our warm apartment.  So, Tim (with the "help" of Beniah and Elijah) took the time to put together Isaac's exersaucer since Isaac just isn't happy laying on the floor or even sitting in his chair. He has to stand even if he is too little and can't properly hold himself upright yet. 
 

 The next morning, I bundled the older two boys up and we headed outside to play in the almost 4" of snow that accumulated in our back patio.
 
 

Isaac stayed warm inside with the cat (and Tim who was working from home).

Being the Pintrest junkie that I am, I decided to try out an outdoor winter activity that I saw pinned and I let the boys blow bubbles just to see what would happen when they froze.
 
 Although frozen bubbles look kind of cool, they're a bit anticlimactic.

Then it was off to explore the great white world of our neighborhood and to see if the US mail really does deliver in all sorts of weather. *We did have mail, but it could have been there for a few days since I always forget to check the mail.*



The roads were still too hazardous for us to venture out to church on Sunday, so we stayed home, got online, and watched my sister and brother in law talk about their ministry to the tribal regions of Southern India. The boys were excited to see their Aunt and Uncle on tv and slightly confused when their names were mentioned on tv in a shout out by my sister.

Life returned to normal on Monday when the warmer rains came and the roads cleared up so Tim could get back to work. But I had a nice view for a little while as I worked in the kitchen.

January 12, 2013

Beniah's Adventure

 While Elijah was having his adventure, Beniah was having one of his own and brought his camera to document the morning. 

When Daddy first dropped Beniah off at our friend, Charissa's house..

...he met her dog Wolfie.


 Wolfie is big...
 ... but he is a lot of fun!

Time to break for a self portrait...

...and figuring out the panoramic setting on the camera.

Oh dear! Making Wolfie run around the dinning room table must have worn him out!

Look, I brought some toys!

Cheese!?!

 Just in case you're wondering, there's the bathroom!
Thanks Charissa for the fun morning!

May 7, 2012

His Name Will Be Baatoe!

Today, we woke up to nice sunny day. This called for a celebratory walk after breakfast followed by weeding our garden patch, bubble blowing, and a picnic lunch.

  

 During our lunch, we were entertained by a brave squirrel who climbed and jumped between our backyard trees. 

Beniah asked me what the squirrel's name was and since I don't come up with good, quirky names, I told Beniah that he should name him.  After awhile, Beniah said, "His name is Baatoe (Pronounced Bay-toe-E).

We now have a wild pet squirrel that will never know that it has owners.