Agent Coulson and Captain Crunch

Aw, look!  It's a baby bunny!  This little guy and a sibling were fleeing in terror from Mommy and Madison as they were doing some weeding in the front yard.  We may have disturbed a nest, though we're not sure.  Regardless, this little guy ran into the street, and couldn't hop back up over the curb and into the grass again.  Mommy quickly grabbed the bunny - carefully - and brought it out of the street, releasing it into the bushes.  This was not before posing for a picture with the little guy.  Hopefully he's fine now, hopefully with his siblings and maybe even a parent or two.

So yes, we spent some time in the yard today.  You can see Madison and Mommy with their gear on, weeding and cutting and raking and so forth.  Daddy was mowing and raking, and by the time we were done, the front lawn was looking a little better.  Give us about a week, and we'll have it looking much sharper - just in time for Earth Day, I think.

We slept in today, starting later.  But we talked with our neighbors and Caleb as well, who'll be mowing our lawn this summer.  Madison did some piano work, getting closer and closer to her goal of playing "Tightrope" without mistakes.  She's got another week, and will likely be practicing every day.  We had a remarkable feast served for brunch:  a huge meal served up in a skillet.  Madison loved this, and loved the return of the spicy sausage.  We went grocery shopping Thursday night, and because of this we were able to store up for a bit, including the purchase of some of that "Oops All Berries" Captain Crunch flavor.  Madison likes that one - but so does everyone.  That box of cereal won't last a week, I predict.  The reason we bought it was because it was featured on last week's episode of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."  Daddy has always been a big fan of Captain Crunch, and it was great to see that Phil Coulson is a big fan too:

Yes, it's the breakfast of champions.  And Agents!

Speaking of which, we got caught up on last night's episode, because we missed it last night due to the play.  Although there was no Captain Crunch, it was still a great episode, and it's really moving things along.  We love these characters, having been with them for years now.  It's actually more accurate than I thought previously, but Phil Coulson might be my favorite Marvel character.  Unfortunately, he's facing some serious peril this season - we'll see how things work out in the coming weeks.  The entire Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to undergo some major changes.  It remains to be seen - literally - if this series will continue next season, but we're all on board, all three of us.  To the point that we're getting themed Captain Crunch!

Another series that we just started trying out is "Lost in Space."  We did one episode of that tonight, but will probably keep it going throughout the next week or so - all ten episodes.  We enjoyed it, actually.  Explaining the whole concept of the show has been pretty fun, including showing Madison clips from the original show.  How that robot has changed over the years, right?  Here's what I told some friends in a recent email.  We were all excited about the show:

Yes, I miss the old robot.  It protected Will Robinson, unless there was a set of stairs around!  It’s funny what passed for a tough, robot bodyguard back then, isn’t it?  Yet as a kid, I never thought out the useful logistics of a clunky robot that rolled around wiggling its arms.  How is this thing even practical?  I don’t care.  I just thought he was cool.

But the new robot looks cool too.  We've seen one episode, and already, this new robot is remarkably useful.  We also get to see a new Dr. Smith, or someone named Dr. Smith.  Now that's a great character full of villainy and whimpering - we'll see how the show takes this character in the coming week.

Okay, enough television.  We were mostly outside today, including a trip to Home Depot to pick up a few things.  We'll be doing yardwork a bit this week, except in the pouring rain expected tomorrow.  The temperature is about to plunge again, but we'll try to get out there regardless.  We signed up for a free kids workshop at Home Depot today - it'll be later in a few weeks, but Madison wanted to sign up to build something with a hammer, nails and paint.  It's been a while since we've done something like that, and we're both excited about the possibility.  You'll see the results here on this blog, of course.

We had shepherd's pie tonight, and talked to Nana and Ba-Ba, who seem to be doing fine.  We also read before going to bed, more from "A Wrinkle in Time."  We met IT, which is a big pulsating brain.  We're beginning to see why this book has been considered impossible to make into a movie - it's so surreal.  Really, it'll be interesting the versions we see on our television.  We have the older Disney version of the movie, and the new one will be released soon enough - I'm afraid it didn't do well in the theaters.  Truthfully, it's tougher for us lately to get out to see movies, due to scheduling issues.  We have a lot of things going on lately!

But tonight we read, and we prayed and we all went to sleep a little earlier.  Everyone was worn out from a full day outside working on the front lawn.  But it'll be worth it shortly, and it was great to be outside, even if we had to endure all that pollen.  Daddy wore one of those breathing filter masks, and was doing his best Kylo Ren impersonation.  Kylo mows the grass.

Madison said, "If only you could cut the grass with a lightsaber!"

Now there's a great idea!