Umtanum Falls…almost: Icey Rode A Hed!

Posted on February 23, 2014 by cpeezers

We decided to try a new hike today. There is a waterfall called Umtanum Falls about 10 miles out of town. Such a pretty drive into the Yakima canyon. There was also quite abit more snow out there then in town so Davey of course loved this.

The hike to the falls is about a mile walk. It’s pretty flat and wasn’t too difficult except for being a little slick in areas. There seemed to be a thick layer of ice covering the trail. Fortunately enough snow had fallen to give us some traction.

We encountered a few obstacles along the way. Davey liked to name each obstacle. This was the Animal Bridge. Davey wanted to go under it, and apparently Buster wanted to go over it. I went up and around it as I was not too interested in crawling through.

We challenged David to go under. He assumed some kind of push-up position and scrambled through.

He came through in what I think is called upward facing dog.

We went through a very pretty arbor (while it was so snowy and pretty, I can’t wait to see the arbor and the rest of the trail in the late spring and again in the fall).

I think it was as we walked through the “arbor” that I noticed just these little clusters of green moss in the trees. I was kind of fascinated by these little bits of color, plus they were also in one of my favorite shades of green.

We also passed by “The Field of Brown Sticks”.

Unfortunately, about a quarter of a mile from the falls (we think), we had to turn around. The trail went into the woods and it just got too slick and icy. So close! But no fun to slip and slide either. Here we were at our turnaround point.

On the way back, Davey found what he called his “writing utensil”. He kept writing warning messages in the snow along the trail. “Icey Rode A Hed”! (I think that’s pretty close to his spelling. It was hard to tell for sure in the snow.) I am so amazed by his emerging literacy. All of a sudden, he can read. He’s writing words completely out of his head! I love watching this happen.

So the plan is to return and try this again after the ice melts and the mud dries.

Daddy Daughter Dance

Posted on February 16, 2014 by cpeezers

Davey came home from school the other day with a flier. He handed it to me and asked me to tell him what it said.

I told him that it was an announcement about a “Father Daughter Dance”. It was a special time for dads to go have dinner and to dance with their daughters.

Davey did not like this at all. “Where’s my dance? Why can’t we go? Why is it just daughters? What if sons want to go with their moms or dads?”

He sputtered about this for several minutes. Finally he said, “Mama, let me have that flier.” I gave it to him, and he crumpled it up into a ball and took it to the trashcan.

He then said that he did not want to talk about it anymore. It was as though he could not quite wrap his mind around this “injustice”.

I guess maybe I need to start lobbying for a mother/father/daughter/son dance. 🙂

This is one of those little Davey stories that I just had to write down and remember.

happy valentines.

Posted on February 15, 2014 by cpeezers

I knitted some hearts for Valentines Day. It had been such a busy week and I decided that on Thursday night I was just going to sit down for a little knitting time. I stopped by my LYS and picked up some red yarn – Peace Fleece in Ukrainian Red. It was a great red! I found this free pattern from one of my old favorites – Mochimochiland.

I tried to get a good picture of Davey holding a heart, but the light was not cooperating with me. Neither was Davey really for that matter, but that was ok. I liked this picture.

Davey had such a big day at school. They celebrated Valentines Day and it was also Clifford’s birthday!

He made us some beautiful Valentines gifts too. He made a heart with his handprints.

On the back was part of one of my most favorite ee cummings poems (he’s my favorite poet).

I love how he wrote his name. He insists on an upper case A.

Davey enjoyed showing David his Valentine treats.

Today it’s snowing. It’s really pretty and I wish I was capable of getting a good picture of it falling. Instead I got a picture of Buster letting me know that he wanted to play.