Tony was given the advise when Ada was a baby and again we were both told by parent friends when Emma was born that making special time with each kid individually with each parent was key to their being happy. We really try to do this as often as possible. In particular Ada has a strong bond with her dad and craves his attention. For a bunch of reasons we haven't been able to arrange one on one time with the two of them for a few weeks and after they went out together for a few hours yesterday I'm thinking maybe that has been the reason for the "undesirable behavior" and I'll have to reread this post if it starts up again and make that one on one time happen.
Whatever the reason, our little miss Ada was being cooperative and helpful and pleasant today and we all enjoyed the nice sunshine together. Picnic lunch (on the "Gramma Bon Blanket" of course which promptly became the roof/walls to our house.
After nap we hung out in the yard and planted seeds in the garden-peas, carrots, beans, baby lettuce, and sunflowers.
Then we went for a little walk when we started hearing the hawk squawking. We found the pair sitting together again. One was guarding while the other ate. Not sure how to tell male from female (I assume the one guarding was the male). I had the camera although I realized when I got home that I shouldn't have zoomed all the way in because our super old camera gets fuzzy when you do that. But here are some pretty cool shots. I also got one of the nest- if you look closely through the maple leaves you can see the mess of twigs. It is literally in the middle of a dense maple tree. So cool!
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| The nest is in a separate tree than where I've seen them eating. |
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| The hawks in all their awesomeness. |
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| If you look closely you can actually see (her) eating. |
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