There's a what in my car?

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What do you get when you cross a toddler's milk spills and crumbs with a car parked in the drive of an old farmhouse? Well, as we discovered, you get mice in your car. EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Car has been fully detailed and inspected by the dealership for nests and it appears we had visitors and not residents. Patrick is no longer allowed to eat or drink in the car. H2O is allowed and we may make exceptions on trips to RI or Texas. Otherwise, eat when it is offered.





I will spare you the details of Jesse having to pick up the not-quite-dead mouse on the glue trap (OOPS!)

Vist from Meemaw and Pappock (sp?)

Patrick's paternal parents were here over the long weekend. It was nice, especially for Patrick who had tons of attention. We cooked tasty meals at home and rarely ate out. Meemaw got some good shots of Patrick but I hesitate to put the best ones up on this site because he is naked in them. I figure either someone will cry "child abusers" or someone else will steal them and do something illegal with them. They are absolutely innocent and he's under 2 but there are sickos out there. One of them is of Patrick at a bird bath surrounded by the flowers and foliage of one of my flower beds. He looks like he is in an Arthur Rackham book or a fairy land. Just beautiful.

Otherwise we have these:







And from the zoo a few weeks ago:

I WAS THERE!

Yep, went to my first political rally. Amazing! While Obama is a great orator the likes of which we haven't seen since Kennedy and FDR, what really got me was the crowd. There were families, singles, black, white, Asian, (not as many Latinos but this was held in Prince William County which has just about chased out all the Latinos - racists!) all there together, peacefully united around the hope that a man named Barack Hussein Obama, a man with dark skin, could actually be the President of the one nation that got its start around such an idea anyway and is finally getting there. Finally!

Mmore pictures from the farm

A Day at the Farm

It is odd that for Patrick to enjoy farm animals, we have to drive from the country into the suburbs to Frying Pan Farm Park. Oh well, after the $20 spent on gas, it's a great place for kids. We even got to milk a Jersey Cow.

PIGGIES!

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO

GORGEOUS PEACOCK!

BAAAAA!

MILKING

Random recent pictures

Last cold snap.

Playing in the bird bath.

Corgi soccer (our first child).

New(ish) Highchair

I wanted one of these before Patrick was born but $300 for a highchair?? I found this one for $75 unfinished and did it myself for well under $200 in labor. Don't know if we will have another little one for it but maybe Patrick can use it for his kids.