Critter Crunch

Critter Crunch

Now that it's spring, and the animals are coming out, Tara decided to put out some bird seed and critter crunch on our deck to see if we could entice some of the wild life to come up and give us a better view.  The critters who stepped up to the task were the squirrels, who absolutely devoured all the bird seed and the other food we left out.  (It was practically straight out of a Darn Squirrels book.) The kids had a great time watching them.

Garden
Here's our first attempt at a garden with the kids.  This little box has pumpkins, squash, and red peppers.  Clearly way too much for one little box, but we'll see which plants survive.

We also replanted the little flowerbed in front of the house, since the plants that had been in there last year were struggling to recover from the especially cold winter we just had.

Zade's Backpack of Wonder
I let Zade have my old backpack, which he has fallen in love with.  He's filled it full of little odds and ends and carries it around with him all over the place.  The pack is practically as big as he is.