Another, not so nice, present

Last Saturday, Mother's Day weekend, Sean's parents were able to spend the weekend with us.  Jacob is playing baseball, maybe someday I will take a picture or two of him.  When we got home from his game Belle, our Chocolate Lab, was out back and would not stop barking.  I yelled out the window for her to stop but that did not work.  The kids went out back to play on the swing set, which always makes her happy, but she was still barking.  I went over to the window to see what she was barking at.  Belle was standing at the top of the stairs that lead to our basement barking.  I figured there must be something down.  I headed to the basement, from the inside, and this is what she was barking at.......

Let me just tell you that I DO NOT do snakes.  In fact, I can feel my heart racing and am very jumpy as I am typing and can see the snake in the picture.  I have always joked with Sean and told him if he wanted me to move out to just bring a snake home and I would be gone in less than 5 minutes.  I called him at work and asked him if it was a hint.  :-)  Luckily, he told me "no".  I looked online and I believe it is a "ribbon snake".

Sean's dad was here and I was very grateful for that.  He would not kill the snake like I wanted him to but he did remove it from our backyard and put it in the bushes way out back.  The snake was not happy with him and was doing all it could to let Sean's dad know he did not like being moved with a snow shovel and rake.  Hopefully this snake will never be seen again in our yard.

Mother/Daughter

Emma's preschool class had a Mother's Day Tea.  We were asked to dress up.  Emma was very excited to wear a nice church dress to school.  The kids escorted their mom's to the tables when we got there.  I could tell they had practiced this very hard.  Then the kids all sang us two songs.  "You are my Sunshine" and "Twinkle, Twinkle" with mom words added in.  After the performance from the kids we were able to enjoy some cookies and punch.  I had a fun time with Emma.  At the end Emma presented me with a flower and picture with her hand print.  Those are the best kind of Mother's Day present to me.  Emma and Mom had a wonderful morning.

Where to start??

Again, it has been a while.  Life seems to be passing me by these days.  I have several posts that I want to add and hopefully I will be able to do so in the next day or so.  And, my mom is harassing me to get some pictures up, SO, here it goes.

At the end of April Seth's preschool class went on a field trip to a farm.  If you are in the area you should go, it is www.greatcontryfarms.com  The kids were able to plant a sunflower, go on a hay ride and feed the animals.  There are several playgrounds, some big slides, tricycles for the kids to ride and a huge jumping pillow.  That was a hit.

 

Seth getting ready to plant his sunflower.

Seth's preschool class with a few added siblings.

Feeding the animals.