The West Family Blog

The updates of a little family in North Carolina trying to figure it all out....

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Stop and Smell the Flowers

Tawnie, Ellie, and Lily went on a walk through our neighborhood. They took all the time that was needed to smell all the flowers.




Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Buddies and Berries

Hangin out at the park with Mommy and Friends
Her best buddy, Olivia
Yummy strawberry picking!
(She really was happy :)

Nummy Nummy...
Pickin' little baby ones
Cheese! (and strawberries)
Me and my baby...
Fashion statement?
How many rows must a girl walk down?
Oink Oink!
Bock Bock!!!
My war wound-

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Moonlight Madness!









I'm going to double blog tonight because I just didn't get around to it last night. Two kids can really kill the night!!! Last night we played in the yard and laid down dirt for a garden. We also saw a full rainbow arching the Eastern sky. We also played with worms and ladybugs!!!

Tonight we watched the moon rise and found a bunny in the backyard. Great fun!

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Invisible Flowers and Visible Angles

Boring picture, but a great time we had! On the way to pick Tawnie up from the airport, we stopped at a state park to find wildflowers to pick for her. We couldn't buy flowers because we don't shop on Sunday, but we didn't want to show up empty handed. Unfortunately the pictures didn't save on my phone. The only one that made it was this picture of Ellie's Triangle. She was running and stopped on a dime when she saw this shade pattern and said, "It's a triangle, it's a triangle". I love to see that my little girl is using her knowledge all the time.
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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Okay, so the only time we got to spend outside today was getting some yard work done, but in the process we were able to see some ants and bumblebees. And so what if I made her pose:)

Friday, April 23, 2010

All Day with Dad!




What an outdoor day we had today! We woke up, went and had some breakfast at waffle house and started our day. First we stopped by one of my favorite leisurely hiking trails in the area. I love walking the trail because the trees are so thick and the green just seems greener there than everywhere else.
Daddy and Ellie on the Bridge

Of course she found another stick.

Exploring a magnolia leaf
We are the world! We are the children!
Such a good learner!
 Queen of the woods!
We found this beautiful little pine warbler. Yellow!

Then we went to Harris Lake and found this beautiful Eastern Bluebird - Blue!
(and to finish the primary color spectrum, we saw a cardinal and a red headed woodpecker, but we didn't get pictures of them.
Doin' the frog hop.
Finding shells.
Yes, another stick.
Daddy playing with the camera #1
Daddy Playing with the camera #2
The moon's awake now! (That's how we acknowledge night time around here these days :)
After playing at Monkey Joe's Inflatables, we came home and explored the back yard again at sunset.
These are our tadpoles we keep checking on. We're waiting to see when they grow legs.
This is out by the little stream in our back yard. (where the tadpoles are)
Our own little Garden of Eden
Before going in she had to "Drive to Adventure". I still don't know where she picked up that line.