{Virtual Coffee}

   It's Tuesday and I so look forward to {Virtual Coffee}.  Thanks, Amy (over at Lucky Number 13 blogspot) for conceiving the idea and hosting!

   Another week has flown by and I have managed to get so little done... 

But its been a good week and a fun week!

   As I write this, there is a mob going on outside.  I can't actually see the details because its kind of far away and the trees in our back woods are dense with leaves, but I can hear the crows mobbing something, and now the blue jays are chiming in.  Just figured out that the "something" is our resident red-shouldered hawk because I heard it call.  I don't have a recent photo of our resident guy (or gal-- they look the same except for a difference in size), but here is a picture I took over the winter...

I'm feeling a little indecisive this morning, so I included 2 photos.

   In other nature notes around the house, I had this visitor at my honeysuckle:

Again, indecisive... 1st one is better exposure, but 2nd photo shows dragonfly better.

 I hope everyone had a wonderful Father's Day!  My kids made some art for Dad:

From my daughter;
It says: "I look up to you Dad"

My daughter's current obsession: the Power Puff Girls
She watches the shows, she draws pages and pages of them,
and creates her own new characters that she names

My 3 yr old son HAS to do everything my 8 yr old daughter does;
these are his drawings for Dad

   I hope everyone was able to enjoy some outdoor fun!  We did a little of this..

And an outdoor photo shoot of my daughter's other current obsession:  Littlest Pet Shop toys (LPS)

   If we were really meeting for coffee, I'd have to tell you that my son's new favorite word is "Never!"

Example:

   MOMMY:  "It's time to wash your hands."

   SON:  "Never!"

   MOMMY:  "Let's clean up your toys."

   SON:  "Never!"

   He has to be the most stubborn 3 year old I've ever met!  He also refuses to potty train.  We've tried all the recommendations: bribery (lollipops), superhero underwear, books, videos, pull ups (controversial for some), trying to go every half hour, a rewards chart... At this point he is most influenced by his peers, who are all trained, so I think he's just going to decide one day that he doesn't want to be different.  But we'll see.  I make suggestions to him, without pushing him, because then he'll just dig in his heels.  I really should have invested in Pampers and Huggies stock-- I'd be rich!

   Well, I've finished my coffee.   Its a beautiful day and I have a million things to do; the kids have been dropped off at school and camp, so I now have 4 hours to get things done!  Time to get to it!

   Have a great day and a great week!