Viva piñata

Jake & I have been spending a lot of time in the yard. For those of you who have played Viva Pinata, that's what it feels like. Taking empty space, creating something with it, & attracting species after species. Only when my species dies, I don't get candy. :-(




I just put this in because I think my boy is hot.




It's been hard to work on my yard with my tooth infection. My weeds were about 2 feet high by the time I was able to get to them. This spot that I've cleared out around the pond took me about 30 hours to weed, edge, arrange the flagstones to my liking, & do some soil prep as the dirt was about as hard as stone.



Jake & I had some fun putting in new pond plants. I can't wait to put in more. Instead of pictures of kids, you get pictures of plants. Ha!

The tall grass is Water Iris & will bloom yellow flowers. The floating plants on the right are Water Hyacinth.

Thalia

Blood Root Grass

Red Leaf Plantain

My favorite is the Blue Mase....maze?...that you plant between the rocks. It will start to trail down the rocks as it grows.

We were happy to find that Iris grew and it looks like a Day Lily is growing as well. I'm excited to see what colors I get. I think the Iris is going to be purple.

This is a Water Hyacinth close up. The float losely on the water & the fish like to feed on its roots. If you blow this picture up you will see the new pinata/species we have attracted.

Everybody, welcome Earl. I was spraying the pump clean when this 2 foot long snake started wildly crawling out of the water. I was screaming "Snake!! Snake!!" I'm pretty sure he was screaming "Where! Where!" I ran away & we lost him. Later I came back to find him wrapped around the pump with his head gently resting on the top of the Water Hyacinth. I fell in love with him & named him Earl.

Here's a funny little video of Earl. Unfortunately, his life was short lived. The pump God has already taken 4 fish of ours. In his greed, he took Earl as well. Sad.

Another pinata/species we have attracted. I'm not going to name this one. He's awfully cute, but he needs to go away. Any suggestions? I'm running into them quite a bit.

Mysha loves being in the back yard while I'm gardening. I think it reminds her of spending time with Mom working in the yard. It's been so fun to have her again. I've totally fallen in love with her all over again.

Sometimes she likes to sit on top of the pond to survey what we are doing. (Anybody feel like pulling weeds?)

Mysha has joined us in our gardening. She's quite involved with it. Here's garden spot #1.

Garden spot #2

Garden spot #3

Garden spot #4


Garden Spot #5 - My favorite

You can see she's been hard at work. We deal with these dirty paws on a daily basis.


I have also been hard at work as well spending 3-4 hours a day trying to get control of this mess. It's hard work man!

However, after a hard day of work, we all get together & and snuggle in our exhaustion. Which provides for some mighty cute pictures with my mighty cute family.

Pond for Rent

Our pond has been adopted by two mallards looking for a place to nest. It's so much fun to watch them.

Ducks swimming in the pond fun. Duck poop, not fun.


Blow this picture up to find the sleeping ducks. They like to sleep on the rocks. I found them tonight both asleep in the water & nuzzled together.

O.k. Seriously they're really cute. The female eats all day long while the male guards her. Mysha doesn't bother them & they don't mind her, but if I step outside the male will sit up & start flapping his wings at me. I wonder what they will think of the lawn mower.

This video is for mom. She looks pretty happy, don't you think.

Guitar Hero Metallica Release Party

Rock on baby! Guitar Hero Metallica is the perfect game to test out not having any apartment neighbors. The music was cranked, the voices were loud, the crowd was into it, & not a single nock from a neighbor. I'm in heaven!


Metallica Rules!




Annie & Desi's baby's were introduced to the Metallica fan club.

Please enjoy this moment that I have captured on film. All of the boys lost in the jungle beat.

Blond to Brown

Well. I figured my life wasn't working out for me as a blond. I figured I would try & trick karma by going brown.


This picture is kind of funny, but the red in my hair really makes my eyes pop. I really like it, but a lot of people have been funny about it. One student of mine from the Bronx told me, "Oh Becky. What did you do! Who talked you into that! You look so much better as a blond." (must be said in a Bronx accent.) Cracked me up.

Apiceoctomy

I've had an infection in my tooth for about 3 months now that just won't go away. Remember the chipmonk face? So I had a tooth surgery done. The cut my gum open & lifted it up like a truck flap. Drilled through my tooth bone on the side removing a large piece of my bone, the infection, & the surrounding tissue. Cut off my root tip, filled it full of filling, & then stitched me back up. And yes, I was awake during all of this. The bone in my jaw will take about 18 months to grow back. It feels wierd. I can totally feel the missing bone.

House Warming Party

We decided to have a house warming party a few days after we moved in. Mom brought out some awesome pork left over from a Scout banquet & we partied hard.

Jon had a head butting contest with the light. The light one.

Jenny showing the light. It's fun because you can see the dead flies in it as you sit down to eat.

What a nut.

This is our bedroom. After dinner we found Jon....

Maren.....

Debbie & Desi, all taking turns on the massage chair.


Even Gelica took it for a spin. We're thinking about making it coin opperated or at least putting out a tip jar.

The power went out in the entire neighborhood towards the end of the party. We ended up in our front room dancing to candle light while Jenny played the piano & sang. The video is of Jon & Desi dancing. It's hard to see, but it's cute.

You can't tell, but this picture was taken in the pitch black. I told them to act scared of the dark & this is what I got. Nobody could see what the other person was doing...or so they say.

The Dip

Mom brought Mysha out to visit her new home for a day. She was so excited when she went outside to visit the back yard. She ran over to the pond & drank out of it. Ran through the garden & ran back to the pond & FELL IN FACE FIRST! She totally had a look of suprise on her face. Poor little thing suddenly found herself in the middle of the pond treading water with fish running from her kicking legs. She finally got herself out, completely covered in algie & looking totally pleased with herself.