Springtime activities!

Here's a sneak peek into some of our recent happenings.

Since the weather warmed up, we've been forced to do one of the most dreaded outdoor chores... raking. Since the Adams' are slave drivers loving parents, we purchased Emily her very own rake for the job.

She knows the rules of the house - you gotta work if you wanna eat, so she jumped right in to the task at hand...

She may not be the most efficient raker in the family, but she sure does love being a big helper and copying Dad. (actually she's probably the 2nd most efficient raker in the family since I do more standing around, photographing, and thinking of excuses to go back in the house than I do actual raking)

Can you guess what day this picture was taken? I tried to get them to pose together for a St. Patrick's Day photo to show off their matching green... but it somehow just digressed into a colored pencil sword-fight.

Along with the warm weather comes our annual visit from the carpenter bees. We always get a swarm of them around our house for about a month. Eric bought Emily a bug-catching net and a "bug house" to trap and imprison the bees.

Here she gets the tutorial of how to use the bug net.
And then she sets off to work!

Grandpa came up for a visit and also got in on the bee catching action. (see the bug house in grandpa's hands) I don't know who enjoyed it more, Emily or Grandpa.

Then Grandpa revealed that he had a gift for little E....

She's ready...
It's a steel drum from the Bahamas!

And thus the drumming begins... and continues and continues and continues :)

The next morning, Emily and Grandpa participate in story time.

We went to the park last night and discovered some huge azalea bushes. Unfortunately, the sun was in Emily's eyes, so this was the best shot we could get.