Chasing Ducks

We spent the morning at the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. It was per Elizabeth's request, and you can get a sense of why. It's a blast to chase the ducks and geese -- and feed them handfuls of corn.

Classic Elizabeth

 

Every once in a while I may post an older picture of Elizabeth just because. This one is from a year ago, right after her first birthday.

Pioneer Stock

 

Elizabeth is displaying the characteristics of the hardy pioneer stock that settled this area of the country. We recently went for a bike ride and on the way home it started raining. Although she had a raincoat on, her pants, shoes, socks, face, and hands got cold and wet. (This is March, remember.) She complained not a bit, although she enjoyed telling us over and over about how her pants had gotten wet.

Flubber?

 

Barb and Elizabeth made flubber for the first time today. The recipe involves $3.00 worth of Elmer's glue and some borax and food coloring. It's fun to make and fun to play with. I'll be curious to see how long it lasts, as it's not really cheap with all that glue. Elizabeth loved it, though. A nice break from her current obsession (obsession!!) with Play-Doh. (I'm tellin' ya, every morning it's "Play-Doh Time, Daddy!" and every day after work, when the Play-Doh is already out and has already been played with for hours, it's "Play-Doh Time, Daddy!")

Glamor Girl

 

Elizabeth has taken to wearing sunglasses. Kinda cute.

Duck, Duck, Goose

Aaron invited us to the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden today. It's Friday, but I'm home because Barb just got all four of her wisdom teeth pulled today. She's doing surprisingly well.

Elizabeth had a fantastic time playing with Lily and chasing the ducks and geese. Aaron even brought some duck food along so the girls could feed the fowl.

First Photo

 

I made what may have been a huge mistake tonight by teaching Elizabeth how to operate the camera. This was her first-ever picture. She took about forty more, but this is the first. Despite my world-class instruction she doesn't grasp the function of the viewscreen on the back of the camera. Her method is this: she holds the camera over hear head, grimaces mightly, and repeatedly stabs the shutter button until the flash goes off.

Not bad for a two-year old!