A Badger?!

So a couple weeks ago we lost all remaining 6 chickens to a wild animal in one night. I had heard the rooster at 6 a.m. just long enough for me to think "O, he is up early" and went back to sleep. It was eerie going outside to no chickens. I walked up to the coop and sure enough there were feathers all around. I followed the feather trail to a hole in the dirt mound by our empty pond. At first I thought it must have been the raccoons. Then we heard the the neighbors up behind us had lost animals to a fox. But I was surprised to receive a phone call this morning from our neighbor saying he lost all his chickens this morning to a huge badger and that the badger started to chase him! So until we get this badger caught my kids will be staying inside the house.

Something Wonderful

This morning I told the boys that their friend could come over if they would clean up their toys and get dressed for the day. I figured that by the time I showered and ready for the day I would end up having to coach them through most of their clean up, but I was in for a surprise. When I got out of the shower Alexander had cleaned up the WHOLE downstairs, putting things in proper place. He had even made his bed, put his clothes away, got dressed, gathered all the toys from upstairs and brought them down into the toy bucket! It made my day. I couldn't thank or hug Alexander enough. Now THAT is something wonderful. :o)