Monday, April 12, 2010

The Coachecutor...

You may or may not know this, but, i've put in some more garden beds this year. A couple raised beds for veggies and such. Some cedar trunks form the structure of the beds and they are hefty and should last for many years to come. As soon as i finish terracing them and get them planted i'll provide some pics.

That said, there are still some large pieces of cedar lying about. The Royals find these extremely magnetic and gravitate towards them while playing in the yard. Usually they use them for balance beams (since they've started gymnastics) or some kind of support for whatever fort they are conceptualizing in their minds.

Saturday morning they had all gone out to survey anything that had occurred during the night before. I was fixing breakfast, which was almost done so i called them in. When they entered the door The Queen was laughing hysterically and tearfully relayed this little ditty...

When i called them for breakfast, HRH who had been balance beam walking one of the cedar limbs under the critical eye of The Prosecutor, tried a dismount up onto the patio, she failed miserably and took a Pete Rose onto the hard pan of the patio. Laying there trying to figure out if she's hurt or not with The Prosecutor standing over her sardonic and unflinching, with hand on hip...

"Girl, you gotta stick that landing."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Spoken like a true(and future)Olympic Coach !