After a VERY long winter that began way back at the first of October and lasted until the middle of May, Spring finally arrived!
Our two apple trees (from which we never get any edible apples thanks to the bugs and birds) burst into full bloom all in one glorious weekend!
Apple blossoms are so cheery; so bright; so happy; so SPRING!
Duncan has always responded to our happy faces by giving us a little smile here and there...even from the day he was born. But around the middle of May, he started smiling even more!
We started being able to count on him smiling pretty much every time we smiled at him (and he was not crying...)
Suddenly, he became much more interactive and sociable!
At 4 1/2 weeks old, he was giving his Daddy regular smiles....just in time for his Daddy to leave us for 5 weeks to go to China!
The day before Dave left, we met him so we could release a few "pets" that really belonged in the wild. While we waited for him to arrive, the kids enjoyed climbing a big tree...
.....playing with some big sticks....
....walking around, enjoying the nice weather and sunshine....
....looking for bugs....playing with more big sticks....
.....delighting at the discovery of "
wishing flowers".....
.....climbing very high in the big tree.....
.....nursing the baby (well, I did that, not the kids)........
......being silly........
......hanging out in the car............
......wrangling REALLY big sticks.....
....and then Daddy arrived and took the kids down to the creek to release the critters.
Yes, we use our food storage containers for critters sometimes.....What? It's safe...we're not dead yet....
There goes
Charmander, the tiger salamander off to enjoy his new life of freedom! The kids also released a garter snake, whom I'm sure was also very glad to be free....so glad, in fact, that he slithered off too fast to get a picture of!
The next day, early in the morning, Dave left a very emotional post-
partum wife and their 7 children to spend 5 weeks in China.
Very happily, my generous and kind Mother came to stay with us for the majority of the time Dave was gone. As you can tell by Duncan's very happy face, we were all over-joyed she came! :)
After a VERY long winter that began way back at the first of October and lasted until the middle of May, Spring finally arrived!
Our two apple trees (from which we never get any edible apples thanks to the bugs and birds) burst into full bloom all in one glorious weekend!
Apple blossoms are so cheery; so bright; so happy; so SPRING!
Duncan has always responded to our happy faces by giving us a little smile here and there...even from the day he was born. But around the middle of May, he started smiling even more!
We started being able to count on him smiling pretty much every time we smiled at him (and he was not crying...)
Suddenly, he became much more interactive and sociable!
At 4 1/2 weeks old, he was giving his Daddy regular smiles....just in time for his Daddy to leave us for 5 weeks to go to China!
The day before Dave left, we met him so we could release a few "pets" that really belonged in the wild. While we waited for him to arrive, the kids enjoyed climbing a big tree...
.....playing with some big sticks....
....walking around, enjoying the nice weather and sunshine....
....looking for bugs....playing with more big sticks....
.....delighting at the discovery of "wishing flowers".....
.....climbing very high in the big tree.....
.....nursing the baby (well, I did that, not the kids)........
......being silly........
......hanging out in the car............
......wrangling REALLY big sticks.....
....and then Daddy arrived and took the kids down to the creek to release the critters.
Yes, we use our food storage containers for critters sometimes.....What? It's safe...we're not dead yet....
There goes Charmander, the tiger salamander off to enjoy his new life of freedom! The kids also released a garter snake, whom I'm sure was also very glad to be free....so glad, in fact, that he slithered off too fast to get a picture of!
The next day, early in the morning, Dave left a very emotional post-partum wife and their 7 children to spend 5 weeks in China. 
Very happily, my generous and kind Mother came to stay with us for the majority of the time Dave was gone. As you can tell by Duncan's very happy face, we were all over-joyed she came! :)
great new update, heidi. thanks. love it. and the wild things are happier because of all the playing with sticks, walking around, looking for bugs, climbing very tall trees, delighting in wishing flowers, nursing the baby, etc, etc. they appreciate your waiting time and their release. too bad about Charmander. he was so gorgeous! spring in colorado-nothing better i guess. unless it's spring in idaho or utah or wyo or montana...oh, you know how it is. love you, dear one.
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