Friday, July 20, 2012

Fairy Houses

Emmy and Lainey have been hard at work building fairy houses. They have built several and Lainey has loved EVERY second of it. Cate also has been having fun building the fairy houses - she and Lainey built this one yesterday. So cute!


A close-up shot of Lainey and Cate's fairy house...complete with a hedgehog family. The one in the yellow overalls is in the "bathroom."

Lainey is fascinated by the "coyote poop" (that is really bobcat poop) attached to the tree to keep the deer from eating the bark. She will tell anyone and everyone about it.

 another fairy house (built by Lainey and Emmy)

 a third fairy house (built by Lainey and Emmy)

 Hi, House!

These two led me on two unchartered, unmapped hikes today. Cate just goes. And Lainey is happy to follow, unless she wants to lead, and then we have a bit of a standoff. But I love it. Cate likes to explore, and does so in flip flops! Anyway, I joked that if we saw an easy path and a difficult path, then Cate would always choose the difficult path (as in the with branches, steep incline/decline, leaves, rocks, elk poop, etc.). Dora wouldn't approve. I'm pretty sure Dora sticks to the predictable, easily-managed paths!

The good thing about taking new "hikes" around the property is that I have new vantage points for photos! This is a view of the campground. 

running up the path after Cate

They were both so done with me taking pictures. 

a garden for the fairies in Emmy's real garden

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