Behind the house in Arkansas Land, is a pond I have renamed "
Macknellie's Pond." All sorts of critters live in or nearby the pond including coyote, deer, snakes, fish, and of course a great variety of birds... two of the largest birds are the Great Blue Heron...
and the Great White Egret. Both of these birds have been renamed by the two-year old in the house as "Big Bird." Usually as the pictures show they arrive and feed separately... not at the same time. .. "Nooo, not!" quoting the same two-year old.
But this morning something unusual happened.... they both decided to get breakfast at
Macknellie's Pond at the same time.
The pond certainly is big enough for both to grab a bite together, but let's just say, they don't always see "eye to eye."
"Me thinks a new day hath dawned," I said in my best King James English.
"But woe is me," I spoke too soon as you can tell.
Macknellie's Pond was not big enough for the two of them and soon "feathers began to fly," not literally but using an old figure of speech.
As soon as one would find a good fishing hole the other would fly near and scare off the other one.
Macknellie's Pond seemingly could not hold both white and blue "Big Birds" at the same time.
And before long, they came back and took their separate turns at getting something for breakfast.
A new day hadn't dawned after all... just the same old one. One wonders if perhaps one Big Bird was a Republican and one was a Democrat. I'll let you figure out which is which.
But inside the house, away from
Macknellie's Pond, the same lessons were being reinforced. Whether we have light hair or dark hair, whether we are Big Brother or Little Sister, we all have to learn to love each other and get along whether in Macknellie's Pond or in our house in the Natural State in Arkansas Land.
The END
I am not good at seeing resemblances in kids, but I did notice this one... here is M's hand...
And notice Baby Sister's hand.
and the Great White Egret. Both of these birds have been renamed by the two-year old in the house as "Big Bird." Usually as the pictures show they arrive and feed separately... not at the same time. .. "Nooo, not!" quoting the same two-year old.
But this morning something unusual happened.... they both decided to get breakfast at Macknellie's Pond at the same time.
The pond certainly is big enough for both to grab a bite together, but let's just say, they don't always see "eye to eye."
"Me thinks a new day hath dawned," I said in my best King James English.
"But woe is me," I spoke too soon as you can tell. Macknellie's Pond was not big enough for the two of them and soon "feathers began to fly," not literally but using an old figure of speech.
As soon as one would find a good fishing hole the other would fly near and scare off the other one. Macknellie's Pond seemingly could not hold both white and blue "Big Birds" at the same time.
And before long, they came back and took their separate turns at getting something for breakfast.
A new day hadn't dawned after all... just the same old one. One wonders if perhaps one Big Bird was a Republican and one was a Democrat. I'll let you figure out which is which.
But inside the house, away from Macknellie's Pond, the same lessons were being reinforced. Whether we have light hair or dark hair, whether we are Big Brother or Little Sister, we all have to learn to love each other and get along whether in Macknellie's Pond or in our house in the Natural State in Arkansas Land. 
The END
The same morning we saw what we thought was a dog but it turned out to be a coyote. There were two of them, but one was camera shy.
Then this morning we heard Geese and two deer came out of the woods and scared them into the pond.
The two of them began to frolic in the yard; jumping and kicking like two year olds... hmmm.
They put on quite a show.
And they weren't spooked though I opened the door to take pictures.
The Geese even got a front row seat to their antics.
After about five minutes of ....
more goofing around....
they headed back toward the woods....
with a pause for one more frolic...
and scampered back to from where they had come.
A little while later I spotted them in the brush by the pond. I like to think they were celebrating the arrival of Miss Ellie.
The skies were mostly clear and the temperature was crisp.
The sun reflected off the pond and on to the trees in their autumn best.
Mack occupied himself with preparing for the arrival of Baby Sister by reading to Oscar, and wearing his Big Brother tee shirt.
None too soon, for by early evening Big Brother got to meet Baby Sister, Ellie Charlotte, for the first time. The end of a perfect day.
Going down a slide designed for boys that are 5 and up....
Watching big hawks take off from our willow tree...
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Sneaking a peak at deer getting a drink from our pond early in the morning...
Learning to share from the turtles.
Learning our colors by telling the difference between the Great Blue Heron...
And the Great White Egret
Trying to decide if I am a Sioux or Bison fan.
Watching the trees turn color...
Putting stickers on our faces....
Riding a motorcycle...
Playing soccer with Daddy....
Waiting is not really all that bad if you are a two year old!!!
