Here chickie, chickie...

Two days a week, Mika has softball practice. It's really nice to see the girls and their progress - we think the coach is doing an awesome job of teaching them "the concepts". Saturday is their first game... should be interesting, if not entertaining!

And in case you were wondering what Marika does while her sister is practicing...


We're trying to be thrifty AND get more exercise, so when the weather is good and the girls are willing, we walk to the post office to mail my Ebay packages (a good 3-mile walk). One of the reasons I love living in our neighborhood, is that there is a horse (Baby) at one end... and about 100 feet down the street... a bunch of hens led by one proud rooster.

This was the first time the girls have ever seen the chickens up close and personal. It was interesting to see the rooster's reaction. He got right up to the girls and made sure HE was between the girls and well... HIS girls (the hens). The girls must have been making him nervous because he started to "cock-a-doodle-doo!" over and over (which made Mika clamp her hands over her ears). The poor guy! I finally dragged the girls away to end his torment...

On the way back, we stopped to feed Baby. It's been fun to see the rapport changing. He lets Marika pet him the most, since she has "earned" the right by dutifully bringing carrots to him on a regular basis. He does, though, have this awful habit of pulling his teeth on the gate (see above). Poor thing... I guess this is akin to repetitive walking behavior you see in zoo bears...

And then it was back towards home. The girls started to get tired and lazy. How lazy, you ask?

Yeah, those are my girls! I remember when Marika went for her first ride in that car, at 10-months of age or so. She LOVES this car. I thought we'd be able to give this thing away a year ago but noooooo... something tells me we'll be using it for another 2 years!

*sigh*