"Foxie Staredown"

So I named the mommy fox. It's lame, but I call her Foxie Staredown. LOL I hadn't seen her while it had been raining over the weekend. But as soon as the sun came out today, there they were. Her and her three pups. They have gotten so big it seems in such a small space of time. When we first saw them they were tiny. They have lost their grayness now too and are getting more of their moms coloring. I think they are beautiful. Today, they happened to come out while Katie and I were outside. I think we surprised her a little because she barked at me and then ran away. In other news, Katie made me paint butterflies on her wall on Saturday. Well, she didn't make me, but after the frog I painted for Sam, she's been asking for something on her wall. So I painted. And while I had my back turned, Katie decided to do some painting of her own on the wall. I think maybe she was trying to paint grass. Who knows for sure. But there were green streaks all up and down the wall. So being that it was acrylic paint, and there wasn't anyway THAT was coming off of the wall, I tried to cover it up with some flowers. Not sure how I really feel about it, but it's better than green streaks. :) It is located underneath a light, so kind of like the sun is above them. Sigh....where it's located would not have been my ideal place to have painted flowers.

Mommies and babies must like it around here....

Because they seem to be everywhere around us. This morning I heard some chirping which I though was in the laundry. When I went to check it out. I discovered a daddy cardinal feeding his three baby chicks. Awwwww......it was so sweet. I tried all day to get a good picture of them, but they are in a tree right outside the mudroom window, at a very difficult angle. So here's the best I could get of them. :) And then of course you know about the fox mommy and her pups. We were out on the driveway after dinner letting Katie ride around on her tricycle, and they just came out. I tried to get a picture of them, but it was already so dark. But here's another one of the mom and two of the pups. As for the rest of the day, Katie and I set up the pool in the backyard and spent about 3 hours outside playing in it. Katie had a blast and it was the first thing she showed Daddy when he got home. :) Glad I could make her day. We also spent a good portion of that time in the sand box of course. Can anyone tell me why little kids love sand so much? And we also spent some of that time dodging the stupid carpenter bees. They are just a pest. The male ones like to stare you in the face, as if that will make run away. I happen to know the males can't sting. Ha! Ok, but honestly, a bee of that size whether it can sting or not, does make me run away. LOL