We've been enjoying it here so much. The other day, two huge armadillos lumbered through the yard. I've never seen a live armadillo before. I've never seen fireflies either, and there's some pretty much every night. Shane and the kids caught a coach whip snake yesterday. Winter has been loving picking wildflowers and catching snails in the creek. Thorin loves pretty much everything his sister loves, and he usually is tailing behind, copying her every move. We've also gotten serious about potty training him, which I hate but really isn't so bad considering all the open air bathroom spots available.
There's a lake not far from our house where we've spent a couple days. One was spent mushroom hunting. It's morel season, but all I found was a few inedible ones. The kids were bummed they didn't get to swim that day, so we went again a few days later to let them swim. It was too cold though, so we spent the time at the playground and meeting the Canadian geese that were there. One was particularly curious about the kids, and kept swimming closer and closer to check them out.
We've gotten two packages this week from mine and Shane's moms. The kids were SO excited to get the big boxes full of goodies. We were excited that the mail even made it. We had some trouble with mail being returned, so in an effort to solve the problem, Shane spent an entire day calling EVERYONE. He spoke to the city, the USPS, even emailed the post master general. The issue was that because the area is so large and the roads are obscure, we needed the +4 for the zipcode, but literally no one could tell us what it was (except the postmaster general, finally). Hopefully we won't have any other issues, because it was an ordeal.
I've been working, and I enjoy it. It's a strange feeling though to go from the simple off grid setup we're currently living in, to the big fancy kitchen at work.
Both kids are very excited for Easter tomorrow. The Easter Bunny has some fun goodies for them, including butterfly nets, kites, and bug catching kits.

We sometimes still watch movies, when everyone needs a break

Shane made a "kite" on a particularly windy day

We found this while mushrooming. We were confused by the horns and meat teeth, but now I'm pretty sure it's a deer.

oak apples, caused by wasps

After about a week of no rain, we hauled water up from the creek to water the garden

They got matching colorable pajamas from Tavi

I've been reading a ton

That outfit though. Goodies from Gamma

Gamma also sent a hammock!