For My Mother

Each week at preschool we focus on a different letter.  Well over a year ago I told my mom I had hoped to find those big giant lollipops for the letter L and make a lion out of them.  I never could find them but I really wasn't too worried about it.  Well, my mom found a sample of the exact craft I had mentioned in a magazine, showed it to me and thought it completely necessary for me to do it with my kids.  Last Easter I found enough giant lollipops for all my kids in my Easter basket.  Yes, I still get Easter baskets:)  So I've had these suckers sitting in my bedroom since April and was so happy when the letter L finally rolled around again last week.  So mom, here's the lions.  Since I'm super good at procrastinating, I waited until Thursday night to figure out how I was going to do them.  So they don't look quite like the magazine but close enough I thought.

Kina cute, huh?  Thanks mom- the kids loved them!  We'll call him........Lancelot.

Another thing that I'm sure you're all very interested in- is our squirrel issue.  A couple years ago, back when Melissa was still living here, we woke up one morning to something running back and forth in our attic.  It's really loud and annoying- especially on a Saturday morning when I would love nothing better than to sleep in.  But, we have these squirrels and nobody seems to know exactly what to do about them.  There's actually a spot in my ceiling that is kind of sagging.  I'm hoping it's not hundreds of acorns that will one day cause the ceiling to give way and everything fall into my bedroom.  That would not be fun.  Anyways, I see these squirrels all the time outside and sometimes see them sitting on my windowsill.  I've tried getting a picture before but always scared them off.  But the other day I finally got it. 

There it is, friends.  Well, one of them at least.  There are more, we just don't know how many for sure.  But this guy?  We'll call him.........Sanford.

Welp, there ya have it.  My two most recent friends I've aquired.