wildlife

Besides the dead cat on the street outside the neighbors house (that Lux hasn't noticed, the cat that is), we went to the zoo today for a little wildlife adventure. i forgot my wallet in G's car with my Microsoft prime card so had to pay full price for L and I, instead of the serious savings and since i'm pretending i'm no longer a working mom but a stay at home mom i'm practicing not spending money (which isn't really working). Anyways the zoo was fun, nice to have an outting just me and the kids, lots of kids and babies there, lots of very young Hispanic families, who are all adoring and fond parents. Here are some snaps, one in particular looks like Papa and Uncle martin, will let you all guess which snap that one is (a test to see really who is reading this damn blog). Also note snap with large, dangerous, snake Huxley my boy didn't like it, big sister was fascinated. Has anyone else read what I have that a few Burmese pythons released in South Florida have now multiplied to tens of thousands and they are beginning to travel northward? A female snake can have up to 80 baby snakes...I won't be visiting Florida or the Southeast ANYTIME soon!

On another note, our application to Sandpoint was approved by the board so as of July 1st, we can begin spending money there and stare in admiration at the pool we can't swim in for another 2 years likely. This will be a tricky one for Lux, so hard to explain to her why we can't swim.