After lunch Kaitlyn walked into our TV room and started screaming because someone had dumped out our container of markers and taken the lids off of every one of them. There were at least 20 markers and lids scattered all over the floor. Everyone started blaming Jared (he was the likely suspect). Jared was adament he did not do it, and then we heard Ellie say "Uh-Oh!" She had been looking on innocently but then we noticed her foot was drawn on with every color of the rainbow and we knew we caught the real culprit! We all thought that was so funny.
On another note, last night I read a short article from the Ensign. I wanted to post a link to it, but because it's in the August's Ensign I can't seem to find it yet. It's called Grasshoppers, Purple Bathtubs and Other Surprises, p. 52. It was the perfect article for any mom that feels things are a little (or a lot!) out of control at times. Gratefully I read it last night, just in time for the dumped out box of raisin bran and the 4lbs of sugar spill on the floor this morning. At least I had a better perspective on it and really did find the humor in it.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
INTRUDER!
The kids and I just got home from a 3 week stay in Utah. Scott was with us for one week, but went home to work for the last two weeks. Without the kids playing in the backyard everyday intruders snuck in!
A couple of days ago I went outside in the backyard where our garden grows high on a wall and found a big bunny munching on some leaves. I was quite surprised to see her up there since we didn't think they could jump up the wall. We have bunnies in our yard off and on all the time, but we have never seen them in the garden. Much to the kids chagrin, I shooed that bunny out of there as fast as I could. With a little more investigating done by the kids we found where the bunny had dug a bed for her under the beans. I thought she was getting ready for babies until the next day as we were harvesting beans we discovered an entire family of intruders in our garden!
Digging around in the garden for those little bunnies was just like picking beans. If you have ever picked beans you know you have to move that plant around quite a bit so you don't miss any beans that seem to hide. Even when I'm sure I've picked every one of them, further inspection seems to find more. And there's probably a few out there that I still missed.
The bunnies were too little to hop down from the garden wall so we had to catch them and remove them. The kids ran out with ziploc bags on their hands--to protect them from wild animal germs of course and the hunt began. We caught one, and then someone noticed another running around. I chased that thing all over the garden, but he could hide so well. When I finally had him and reached down to get him I discovered another bunny hiding quietly as well. We spent a good 45 minutes trying to catch all the bunnies, and just like I missed some beans, I'm pretty sure we missed one of the bunnies, but I still can't find him! It was actually a pretty fun morning.
A couple of days ago I went outside in the backyard where our garden grows high on a wall and found a big bunny munching on some leaves. I was quite surprised to see her up there since we didn't think they could jump up the wall. We have bunnies in our yard off and on all the time, but we have never seen them in the garden. Much to the kids chagrin, I shooed that bunny out of there as fast as I could. With a little more investigating done by the kids we found where the bunny had dug a bed for her under the beans. I thought she was getting ready for babies until the next day as we were harvesting beans we discovered an entire family of intruders in our garden!
Digging around in the garden for those little bunnies was just like picking beans. If you have ever picked beans you know you have to move that plant around quite a bit so you don't miss any beans that seem to hide. Even when I'm sure I've picked every one of them, further inspection seems to find more. And there's probably a few out there that I still missed.
The bunnies were too little to hop down from the garden wall so we had to catch them and remove them. The kids ran out with ziploc bags on their hands--to protect them from wild animal germs of course and the hunt began. We caught one, and then someone noticed another running around. I chased that thing all over the garden, but he could hide so well. When I finally had him and reached down to get him I discovered another bunny hiding quietly as well. We spent a good 45 minutes trying to catch all the bunnies, and just like I missed some beans, I'm pretty sure we missed one of the bunnies, but I still can't find him! It was actually a pretty fun morning.
I wanted to let the bunnies go to find a new home in one of the nearby fields, but the kids could not let them be. They chased them all over the backyard for an hour. I was actually feeling sorry for the little bunnies.I guess we're not true farmers around here--the rabbit family brought so much joy and my kids are hoping some more are born in our garden soon.
Jared in the garden with his ziploc bag gloves.
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