The day after Easter we took in a baby bunny. Our neighbor's dog caught it, but somehow it was not harmed at all (just extremely frightened). She brought it to our door and asked if the kids would like to care for it. Of course they would! It was the cutest, sweetest thing! We bought puppy formula at Petco and fed it with a syringe. The first day it was too afraid to eat, and I was worried that it might not make it. The next day it had calmed down and developed a big appetite. It took the formula with no problems at all and was so energetic that I could barely hold it. We fed it formula twice a day for almost a week and gave it hay, clover and lettuce. Once it started eating those things we thought it was probably independent enough to return to the woods.
We let it go in the woods beside our house. It was really ready to be free, but we were sad about it and a little worried about how it would do on its own.
Good luck, Brownie!
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I went to the zoo with Crosby's 2nd grade class. It was a fun day, and I loved hanging out with him and his friends.
The giraffes are very friendly!
The petting zoo was very popular too.
Crosby had a great 2nd grade year! This was a sweet class, and he made some new friends.
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We're attempting to make a butterfly garden with milkweed and nectar plants. Unfortunately the deer seem to like the plants too, so I'm not sure how well it is going to work.
We've had a few monarch caterpillars. They ate and ate then disappeared. We are hoping we'll see them again as butterflies soon.
We had a bluebird build a nest in our birdhouse. There were three beautiful eggs, but unfortunately they never hatched. I'm not sure what went wrong.
We also have a phoebe flycatcher nest (I think).
We had one peony bloom. I planted a hibiscus tree and several tomato plants. I love this time of year!
Bogart asleep on the couch. :)
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