How I keep Lilly busy.

Lilly has gotten to the age where she always wants to help out. Unluckily she is not really big enough to actually help and her "help" usually ends up making more work for me. So when she wants to help me cook, I've started letting her wash fruits and vegetables. It keeps her occupied and all of our produce is really clean.

She ate half a carrot and two apples after I took this picture. She tasted the pears, but she didn't like them.

Here is Lucy. She loves to hold onto her feet. Sometimes she will even go to sleep holding her feet. She really wants to chew on them, but she is not that flexible.

Is it winter yet?

I hate snakes, really I do. They are just below bees in the creatures-I-fear-beyond-words category. I know most snakes are harmless and they do good things like eat rats, but I don't care, I still hate them. We saw a snake in our yard today and it really freaked me out. It was only a hog nosed snake, but it still looked quite scary. It disappeared before Dad could get here and properly identify it, but we are pretty sure it is a hog nosed snake. It is better then last year when we found baby copperheads, but I would prefer to not see any snakes at all. I'm worried that Lilly will step on one without seeing it or that one will get under her sandbox. Between worrying about this and bee attacks, my blood pressure is going to go through the roof this summer. I'm ready for winter when I can enjoy the outdoors without being paranoid.