Backyard Babies

Today is shaping up to be a pleasant day -- it's pretty clear, sunny...yep, a good day. Earlier this week we had an amazing day weather-wise. I think it got close to 80F, so the kiddos and I headed out to the backyard for a little exploring.

It was a tad bit muddy, but that's one of the many, many uses of little children, to locate and collect any dirt. They liked grabbing at the low-hanging lemons, and Nuala had bits of grass and twigs locked in the double-fisted-grip-of-iron. Bran discovered the little strip of landscaping along the edge of the pool fence and had fun digging his little fingers into the damp earth there.

When we finally went back inside, Nuala kept gagging a little bit, so I did the finger sweep thing and there wasn't anything in there. Of course not, because she had already swallowed it. After a few more gag sessions, up it came. A perfect little green leaf, a vibrant island in a sea of milk and tiny banana lumps. I couldn't help but think of Finnigan, one of our cats still in Virginia till the weather cools enough to fly them out. He always would come inside, gag a few times, and finally puke up some grass. Sigh...how we miss those cats... sweet of Nuala to try and fill the void.

We had a lot of fun finally getting to play outside! Bran did get a little over-zealous at the end and tackled Nuala, as seen in this picture. She didn't seem to mind, being tackled outside is obviously LOADS better than being tackled inside.