7 Quick Takes Friday - Volume 8

We've had a fun visitor to the avocado plant we've got growing on our deck... it's been there for the whole week, just hanging out!  Can you see it?  Look closely!

 Here's a close-up!

Judah has a new skill that he recently mastered, and loves to show off whenever prompted.  It is the funniest thing to watch him try to figure out how to coordinate his little fingers!

When teeth start getting this crazy, you know they're ready to pop out!

Sure enough, the very next day...

When we were picking out which seeds to plant in our container garden this year, Ezra picked Cantaloupe, which I figured was benign enough. Apparently, I was a bit mistaken... let me tell you, I am learning a few things about Cantaloupe!

First thing being, it's not the best pick for container gardening:

Second, they attract these horrendous bugs, called Tile Horned Prionus Beetles.  I'll spare you the pictures in case you are squeamish, but if you're really interested, just click the link.  I've warned you!  They're anywhere from 1-4 inches long, and basically resemble giant cockroaches with approximately mile-long antenna coming out of their heads.  In fact, it's hard to tell whether they're antennae, feathers, or huge pinchers, which adds a whole new dimension of freakishness to them. They were swarming our porch every night! Oh, and did I mention they FLY?!  Thankfully, they don't live long in their adult life stage, so they disappeared reasonably fast.  But, oooh, I get the heebie-geebies just writing about them!  (Note to all future Cantaloupe farmers - don't plant them anywhere near where people might possibly want to be, due to this strange bug attraction).

Anyway, we are at least seeing some exciting progression!

This is the biggest one, and there are a few more starting to develop!  It will be so fun to eat some homegrown Cantaloupe!  Unless I  have more surprises to come before we get to harvest time...

Two words:  Pure Heaven

Here's a little comic relief from Isaac:

Lovely, Isaac.  Thank you for that.

These pictures, to me, perfectly capture the joy and blessing of babies!  There's nothing better than cuddling up with a sleeping little one.  Not even peanut butter mixed with chocolate ice cream!

I hope your weekend is as blessed as our week has been!