Stayin Alive!!! and an owl update!

In the word of the Bee Gee's I'm stayin alive, stayin alive ahh, ahh , ahh, ahhh.....Well, you get it!

I haven't been too good at keeping this blog up to date but, for anyone who writes a blogs, you know it is a lot of work!! I find that I will be taking pictures and in my head I am planning out the blog. Then something new happens and I grab the camera, plan out another blog in my head.......then they sit on the disc...

So once again I will try and catch you up!
Last week Lukas was back at gmas.....and we played with some window gels shaped like owls.....surprise surprise!!

Man do I LOVE this face......and he would like to tell everyone that he found out this week that he is going to be a big brother to a new little sister!!

When asked last week he said..."don't want a brother or sister, just want a puppy!!"

Gpa's garage is getting a little crowded, what with bikes, and boats, but he always makes room for Lukas to hang out with him!

This time he wanted to hammer.....so gpa got him some nails and a piece of wood.

As always someone had to have a shovel....granted it is one small shovel...but still a shovel!!

And yes he did use it to move some snow!!

Again....just because I LOVE this face!!

He found a Minnie Mouse pencil that was a part of aunt Yaya's collection and Minnie has a ice cream cone.....he enjoyed a afternoon treat!! :)

And while looking through his animal book he came across the picture of the aquatic animals......he kissed the seahorses, the sharks and the whales.....:) :) He said they were like the ones he saw in Chigooooo!!!

We had tons of fun playing in the sink, after running and splashing in the water....he went and got his Chuggers so they could have a bath!

I am not sure why, but he was insistent that we put soap in there eyes..... His imagination is really sprouting these days....and I love being apart of all the play!!


He was really helpful and dried them off...

Then out to get even more of his Chuggers.....guess they were all dirty!

I told him he was splashing too much water and getting it on the walls and floor....he climbed down and headed out....I was sure he was going to get the last of the Chuggers...NOPE!!! He came back with the mop...heheh :) He walked in and took the mop to the wall too!!!

He very carefully balanced the mop on the footstool!!

So we got to play and I got my floors cleaned all at the same time!!

For all who follow the blog and wonder about the owls....well, we have been wondering too!! We have on occasion heard them and even seen one or both flying. Yesterday, I heard them off in the woods to the east of the house. I even heard cooing, which we would here coming from the nest box. My concern was that if the dead owl we found was Hootie, it is the female who pick the nest and a new mate may not have liked the box!!
I was a little discouraged because we would always see more of them this time of year!

Well, when Dave got home today he said he saw the owl in the tree!

I just may have knocked him down on the way out!!

Yup, they are back!!!
One flew away as soon as I walked near them but she sat there looking at me!!
Like old times!

Once again today when Dave got home he saw one of them flying across the drive carrying something in it's talons.....he said it was large like a rabbit or squirrel. This is good news if they are hunting during the day it means they are getting READY!!!

I was getting dinner and looked out the kitchen window and saw this.....Whoo Hooo!!!

As for any of the other planned blogs I have.....yes they are still on the disc, maybe another day!! :) :)