Sunsets, Horses and Deer

Clare loves to be outside, she has always preferred to be outside if at all possible.  With the nice weather recently she and Jeff have been exploring the area around the house.   Everyday she wants to check on the horses, look for reindeer and explore in the woods. 

There was a herd of deer in the back yard one morning this week.  Clare did NOT want to get down and has since asked to see out the window.  Guess I shouldn't have let her stand on the kitchen counter, whops. 

The house ‘behind’ us has a few horses; sometimes they are hanging out right by the fence where Clare can see them.   Every morning, and throughout the day, she wants to go look for the horses.   Sometime we see them, other times we have to explain that they aren’t there and maybe they are sleeping or eating.    I hope she doesn’t ask for her own horse someday.

Looking for horses.

Clare has been loving exploring the woods and sitting on every stump, rock and or ledge she can find. 

Look Mama, pinecones!

A different view of the house, with Clare on a stump.

There is no better view in the world, my loves and the sun setting over the mountains.  Life is good.

She also likes to look for horses as we drive, fortunately there are two pastures very close that have horses, if we have time we’ll stop the car so Clare can say hello to the horses.  There is one particular horse that stands right by the road; he waits for a woman that comes to feed him each evening. Clare and I have decided that the horses name is Patience, he waits so patiently for her to come, standing by the fence and then eating from the bucket that she brings while she pets him.  Maybe we’ll see about riding a horse this summer, or maybe a pony. 

We have also been taking advantage of the deck, it’s so nice to have such a big deck where we can watch the sun set and play in the evenings. We have to be careful when playing on the deck, we need to do some work before deck season officially starts; it’s not the safest place for a curious 2 year old. 

Clare brought her bike out one evening this week; she gave Minnie a ride after Jeff gave her a ride.   Kai also likes the deck; she spends lots of time patrolling the property from the deck.

Clare also had fun kicking the ball for Kai.

Tonight we’re getting some serious wind and cooler air, I guess our warm spring weather is gone for now, hopefully it won’t be long before we see some more warm days.