Prairie Portraits

Pictures and prose of the people I treasure.

Monday, May 18, 2009

The Punkin’ Turns One

Favorite Color: I’m going with white based on the way you react to the sight of a freshly made bottle.

Favorite Food: French Fries or McDonalds soft ice cream cones.   Not that we feed you either of these on a regular basis but if you get a taste of either of them there is no stopping you.           

Favorite Drink: Milk.  Okay, so you really like Root Beer too.  Don’t ask me how I know this.

Funniest Moment from Year One: When I let you loose for the first time this spring and you went wildly racing around the yard (on all fours).  I was seeding planters on the porch, and turned around to see you had gone right up to the page wire at the horse corral and Peso was on her way over to check you out.  You were not in a position to see her coming up behind you and only looked up when you heard her snort.  You let out this holler of absolute shock that had me doubled over and shaking with laughter as you high tailed it away from that fence faster than the Roadrunner doing the whole “look back to make sure the monster is not on my tail” act.  And I was lucky awful enough to have my camera within reach.

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Saddest Moment from Year One: Being weaned?  I don’t know buddy, you’ve got it pretty good!

Favorite Thing to Do: Dance with Mommy.

Favorite Book: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Favorite Toy: anything with wheels. 

Hero: Mommy. 

Why? Because she makes me milk

Favorite Family Activity: Tickle fests on Mommy and Daddy’s bed.

Hobby or Interests: Eating, sleeping, swinging, dancing.

Want to be: A Momma’s boy.

Monday, May 11, 2009

I Think Your Tractor’s Sexy.

 IMG_5095 Well, not really, but YOU plus a tractor equals be still my heart =)  I am so thankful for all the hard work you do around here after hours.  You are amazing.  Thanks for humoring me and helping me clear out the orchard and fulfill my dreams for my special place.   And thanks especially for teaching me to drive the backhoe and for taking over the grunt work on the ground! 

Five Times the Laughter

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“Hello…. anybody in there???”  And that is not just a cute caption.  That is precisely what you were hollering into a hollow in the apple tree when I snapped this picture. 

“You take kangaroo out of my shoe?”  Thankfully we were talking playschool Noah’s Ark kangaroo.  Thankfully you didn’t say “frog”.

In response to my, “Can you say please?” without batting an eyelash and in your best little soldier tone;  “YES please, THANK you, YESSIR, maam!”

In response to “How are you?”    “Nice!”

“My have hit-a-bug?” Translation: Can I have the fly-swatter? That one really took some figuring on my part!