4x4 Tag

There is this thing going on in the blog world, where you "tag" someone to post a 4x4 picture. Go to your fourth folder, and choose your fourth picture. Whatever it is. This is from the 4th folder since we replaced our computer, the other pictures are there, just not popping up conveniently. But this is another gem that is just so Beth.

It was March 2006. She loves to climb this tree, and has since she was a toddler and Alex would have her stand on the top of the slide and then hike her up there. Then she graduated to climbing up from the slide all by herself. Now she doesn't even need the slide. And she sits much higher in the tree. In the summer, this tree is a full canopy of leaves and apples, making a great hiding place. Look closely at the picture. You can see Edgar the cat standing proudly on a top branch, and Archie the dog longing to be agile enough to get up there and chase the cat. And on Beth's feet are her beloved frog boots. She wore those boots out. They were her footwear of choice long after she had outgrown them and all identifying marks of being "frog" boots had worn off.

And that scene still happens, minus the frog boots, 3 years later. The kids all still sit up in that tree. The cat still follows them. And Archie is still trying to figure out how to get up there.

Thanks, Kristine, for the tag!