Saturday, May 10, 2008

Surprised by Snow...and a sleepover...

I was surprised by snow (not by the sleepover - we knew that was coming). We woke up to snow yesterday morning...




We were pretty sure it wouldn't stick and as the day warmed up - it didn't. The boys came home with the Man-Cub and played outside. They trapped one gopher in the 'Hav-a-Heart' trap and we relocated him - they played some more and we set up the church for a funeral today - and they trapped another gopher - so we had to relocate her too - I should have gotten pictures of the process and I will next time. We use a carrot for bait and they seem to like that pretty well. Gophers are treated pretty cruelly up here - these are the little striped gophers and they are really cute...

The boys set up cots in the living room and stayed up a little past midnight...

We made traditional Rice Crispy Bar Treats (vegan of course) for a bedtime snack...

...they turned out pretty well - the vegan marshmallows don't melt very easily - but we managed - my failed marshmallow making attempt actually produced a better product for the crispy bars - but that was an awful lot of trouble...



Then we woke up to a ground covered with snow this morning. The boys can't wait to bundle up and play in the snow 'one more time'...



...it seems like the deer were a little surprised by the snow as well...

1 comment:

  1. Maybe this will be your last snow of the season, but it came in handy for the boys to have fun there. Still looks pretty. E

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