Spring, Finally!

 Like many others in the upper latitude U.S. states, Spring 2011 has been VERY slow in coming. But, here are some bonafide springy pictures to commemorate the season.

Emma and Phoebe on the Farm

Friends of Molly and Phoebe, invited them out to their farm along Rocky Creek just east of Bozeman. Molly invited Emma and me to come along. It was a blustery day (in May), but the goat kids were just being born. Emma and Phoebe loved it. Their son, loved driving the girls around in his "farm truck".

High Tea with Sleeping Beauty Ballerinas

Emma does music

Sid bought Emma a ukulele when he upgraded his bass guitar and Emma wanted to join in on the musical fun. Despite invitations from her dad, I had not yet seen Emma actually use the instrument, especially in the "right" way. So, this little number I caught with my cell phone was a delightful surprise. :-)



To be honest, I think a second source of the inspiration comes from her favorite tv show, which we watch on Netfliks: Backyardagains. This show is pretty great. Four characters with imagination-based plots, all set to musical scores. They sing, they dance. I've never seen Emma come away from a tv show so entertained and enthusiastic. Because I can't resist, here is a second video, same theme.

My new system

I've been waiting for the weather to warm up to try out my new get-around-town-with-Emma system: the bike trailer. It was snowing this morning, but I decided I needed to do it anyway. So here it is! I biked it home from downtown, to the library (emma's first ride) and to an afternoon meeting with a return grocery pickup.

LOVE IT. Now I just need to attach the handlebar side mirror. The trailer came with a flag already, even though you can't see it in the picture. Emma liked, I don't know about loved, it too. She went out with dad on her own bike in the afternoon as well. 32 degrees be damned. :)