Nature

My kids don't like many animals. Okay, really Brandon does not like them. So it's not surprising to me that when we visit my parents' he freaks out. The dogs, cats, lizards, squirrels, turkeys, cows, horses and various other living creatures, put him on edge. Today we visited Mom's garden while on alert for rattlesnakes. (Despite running all over my grandparents' and parents' acres my whole life and various jaunts to camping spots hither and yon, I have yet to encounter a rattlesnake in the wild or mild) We were fortunate to avoid any snakes today. Upon returning home, we planted some flowers in our containers in the front yard. We enjoyed ourselves and the kids were really loving that they got to plant the stuff they chose from the nursery. Until...

Attack of the Ants!!!!!!

About 20 ants crawled up my boy's leg and as usual, we had a crisis. Emily took this all in stride, stomped a few, eventually picked up an ant and made it her pet. Those two are so opposite at times and it's very entertaining...well until I stepped on an ant hill and got bit on the you-know-what for laughing.