Since we’ve been on spring break this week {which is really the opposite of a break when your kids are 5 and under}, the girls and I have spent a considerable amount of time outside. Given that we’ve only been here a few months, the backyard is still new enough to the Toddler and the…
Yesterday we were enjoying a little playtime in the humidity… All was going well at the picnic table and on the swing. Then, the Preschooler decided to venture up to the top of the playhouse where she discovered yet another unwelcome visitor to our backyard. Apparently, the amphibians didn’t read my recent letter requesting their…
Well, I was half kidding earlier this week when I referred to our backyard as a jungle. The snake sighting was alarming, but I was feeling like that might have been an isolated event and something we could avoid ever encountering again by steering clear of the fence. But, then, I took the girls outside today…
Yesterday evening I ran out to run a quick errand and swing by the post office while the Spouse played with the girls in the backyard. I think it was probably some sort of divine intervention that I wasn’t home during that period of time because the girls excitedly informed me when I got back…