It's Like a Zoo Out There...

Zoo vs. Backyard

I told you that sometimes, while trying to go to the zoo, we end up laying on a blanket in the backyard.  The kids don't mind as long as we make our way to the hot tub later.  But our backyard is kinda like a zoo back there.  Take the other day, I saw a lion, a macaw, a red-eyed tree frog, a warthog and a meerkat.  Okay, the meerkat is really a rabbit.

These are some cute little puppets that BG made over the weekend.  They are a Martha Stewart kit and everything is peel and stick, so no glue or scissors.  They are definitely for kids, I can barely fit my hand inside.  We've been having a lot of fun putting on puppet shows for LG.  It's very National Geographic, ie. the bird keeps trying to eat the frog.   It's a pretty big frog for such a little bird.

We do occasionally get live animals in our backyard.  This is one of four cats that I've seen.  This black kitty and a white kitty hang around the most.  The neighbor that owned them moved away last month.  Suddenly all the little gifts I was finding in the backyard disappeared.  We haven't seen any of the other cats for a while either.

Kidlets
There is one other breed of wild animal that I have seen in my backyard.  Look at her.  So sweet and cute.  Pretty long hair and sweet little smile.

She just got her hair cut.  I let her pick the style and everything.  Now she's all sassy and chic. 

This is a very popular hair style with the girls at school.  My kid is so cool.  She even told me the other day that a boy has a crush on her.  But she doesn't like him because he's weird.  I told her that she still has to be nice to him, and is not allowed to tease him for being the oddball in class.  She's a good girl.