Monday, May 28, 2007

After the Airport....

Mike asked, "Why do you have a loaf of bread in the van?" I explained that we'd been trying to find ducks to feed all week. He is so great. He knew that I'd want to do something besides going home right then to my "emptier nest". We went in search of ducks. The ones down on the river walk were NOT interested in our bread. We went out to another park on the north side of town and found lots of friendly geese and ducks.

Ah - Stacia still likes the sling. I find she is heavy after a bit but there were HUGE/GIGANTIC ANT MOUNTAINS all around and lots of aggressive geese....so we did the sling thing.
This duck got agitated when the boys were trying to feed it and tried to fly away. The tree hampered his flight pattern and he ended up flying around and around the kids.  Perhaps it was caught between wanting to fly away and wanting more bread. 

As the evening drew on Stacia discovered the sling worked well for extra warmth....and I discovered the tail made a great leash to keep her nearby. ::snort::
Back at home the olders watched one of Jamin's gifts - Eragon. The youngers, Mike and I watched two of Nolan's Gifts - Veggie Tales. The girls winged their way back to Washington State.

4 comments:

Michelle said...

De'Etta,
How did the kids like the movie Eragon? Megan read the book and has been wanting to watch the movie. I have it in our queue with Netflix.

What fun it is feeding ducks!

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

They liked the book better...but they DID see it in the theater and liked it well enough for Jamin to request it for his birthday.

Anonymous said...

Sis:

Arielle is just to cute. Can't put my finger on just where I have seen her lips pressed together look before........... :)

l/p

Jodi said...

I've read down quite a bit, didn't realise how far behind I am on blog reading again! Lots of great photos!

The many balloons for the boys b'days look like good fun!