A Little Easter Love, Mia and Granny
It seems we have a new resident at 446 N 400 West, a muskrat. I think it is a muskrat. I didn't move my car for a week or so. When I did I found a good size pile of poop and fur under it. I could not imagine where it had come from. This morning, however, on our way to the temple at 7 a.m. out on the lawn was this animal. Way to big to be a squirrel but brownish gray with a tail kinda' like a squirrel. He seemed to be eating our newly raked grass. The minute we opened the front door, he was gone. We have since found a couple of poop and fur piles--Why the fur in the pile? Do you think they clean their coats after winter and eat it. . . .ugh!
What should we do about our new resident? I really have had enough of the poop piles. Since the dearly departed Elvis has gone on to greener pastures it has been nice to be able to take the kiddos out into the yard without worrying all the time about what they might find or step in. Animal control? that doesn't seem to neighborly. Maybe Derek next door could just hunt him down. That seems even less neighborly. Oh the joy of "muskrat love."
He didn't show his face during our Easter egg hunt. It was so cute. Noah was the horder, Lily caught on. Mia got lots of help from Ella and her Mom, Benji crawled around a bit but liked what he already had in his basket more than the ones spread all over. Tessa watched from her Dad's arms. And Ella Had her own scavenger hunt and seemed to really enjoyed it.
The lineup; Tessa, Noah, Ella. Mia. Lily, and Benji.
Granny watches from the ONLY Rocking chair
Ella and Granny
Lily the runaway! Caught by Rachael followed by Seuao and Tessa
Noah the Champion!
Of course there were lots of great pictures followed by a really sweet devotional by Lexy and a family dinner.. What a great Easter fun day!
Papa and Benji
After all the festivities the Marmot was found hiding between the garage and the shed. there are various pictures of the not so little fellow on cell phones and cameras around the house. But sorry, none have made it to my computer yet. Stay tuned!
3 comments:
I'm glad you could use some of my pictures--I got some good ones! So did Sarah. I'll send you one of the furry friend in an e-mail. (shiver)
So nasty. He gives me the willies. We should name him!
Be careful with your resident guest they can be really mean. We used to have one that lived in the canal across from where we used to live on center street. He hissed at the kids and showed some pretty serious aggression towards any human that came around. We did eventually call animal control. They trapped him just like they do stray cats. It was pretty humane, especially considering what our neighbor wanted to do to him. They actually released him back out into the wild.
Cute Pictures looks like the kids had a lot of fun.
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