Signs of Spring

• A robin nested on our front porch, and we've had the best time watching her build her nest and sit on her eggs.  

Decorating our "High Cotton" Easter tree

• Yesterday Bo was working in the yard and discovered 2 baby bunnies under a pile of daffodils!  One of them was so stunned, McCord and I were almost able to catch it - it was about the size of the palm of my hand, brown, and oh so soft!  

Dying Easter Eggs

• We're growing a caterpillar!  Our church's preschool program orders caterpillars for the children to take home and "raise" until they develop into butterflies.  On Easter Sunday, the preschool children release them into the Memorial Garden.  So far, Harry The Caterpiller has made his cocoon.  I hope we'll have a butterfly soon!

Here's Harry - he came with all the food he'll need until he becomes a butterfly (fingers crossed we haven't killed him yet in his cocoon state).  When we first got him, he was about 1 cm in length.  Right now he's hanging upside down in his cocoon and we transferred him to a big jar.

• My mom has decided to raise chickens!  She came up to visit us about 2 weeks ago and left with 6 baby hens from a local nursery!  

And I'll leave you with a close-up of this spunky little girl.  My nephew named her Captain America.   Doesn't she look rather patriotic?!