March 28, 2010: Post Dinner Excitement

Annika got really animated while walking back to the car after dinner!



She had something very important to tell her dad:

March 28, 2010: For Tom-Eating Lemon

We took Grandpa Fred out to dinner at Burma Superstar and gave Annika a lemon to taste:



Here is her second try of the lemon:



I think she likes them!

New Blogger on the Block

Dad started a blog of his photos (fotos, as he likes to spell it). He has some great bird pictures and even some of Annika! Here is a link to his blog: Fred's Fotos-Birds and Critters

March 27, 2010: Coyote Hills

Dad (Grandpa) signed up for a photography workshop in the butterfly garden at Coyote Hills. The garden was beautiful and went up the side of a hill and had lots of fountains and trees. There were also so many mosquitos and they were big! I took some photos of Annika in the garden, but they didn't really turn out too well. Here is the best one:



After the workshop, we took a walk through the wetlands and looked for birds.





Here are a couple of videos from the drive home. I just can't get enough of Annika's babbling, so I think you'll all be seeing a lot of these type of videos!



Here is Annika giggling:

March 26, 2010: Ba ba ba ba ba

Annika has started babbling all the time now. She only really says "ba ba ba", but she changes her tones and volume. It's quite funny. In this video, she was talking and then saw Grandpa Fred and got really happy.



This video is at Washington Park.

March 25, 2010: Marsh Creek Landing Raptor Count

Today we went to the Marsh Creek Regional Trail to do a raptor count for the park district. The count was led by a naturalist who knew almost everything about birds. We learned a lot and Dad got lots of good photos.

Here is Annika and me before the count.



The creek trail goes along side a housing development, but there is still an incredible amount of wildlife.



Here is our guide. He had lots of visuals to help us learn to identify the birds.



Finally, here is a picture of Dad photographing a bird.

March 23, 2010: Grandpa is Visiting!

Dad got here yesterday afternoon after driving down from Washington. Annika was happy to see him and the three of us went for a walk to Crab Cove. Last year at this time, Dad and I met some people who were fishing for smelt and they were there again yesterday. Here is a photo of Dad and Annika, you can see someone fishing in the background.