Eating My Compost

This dear was caught in the act!  I've taken to yelling out the backdoor, "Hey! Get out of my compost!"  That usually gets them ambling off our property.  The kids have been  trying to come up with ways to protect our garden this spring/summer. They want to plant a pumpkin patch in one part and have plans for me to plant lots of delicious vegetables in the rest.   Fences are out because these guys can really jump.  Talmage wants to scare them away with something but doesn't know what.  I think we need some kind of deer repellent--any ideas?

Little Snow Machines

I went to a meeting and left the kids and Aaron at home to get some chores done.  When I got home this is what I found.  They had done their work and then joined the neighbors in playing in the snow.  Our neighbors have these cute little snow machines (that's what they call them in Idaho) but they may be called snow mobiles here.  Anyway, the kids loved them.  I was surprised that they had Anya driving it with two younger boys on a sled behind it.  They obviously didn't know that she turns into Cruella deville when she drives.  In the end everyone survived and had a great time.  Talmage enjoyed doing his own thing and figuring out how it all worked.  The little boys didn't want to drive and they loved the ride Anya gave them.  It was a perfect match all around.