just stuff

life is same old, same old around here. we have been busy. i can't believe how much school rules our days. we get up, run out the door, come home, take a quick nap and run out the door again to get annie, run home and have time to play a little, then it's dinner and bed and time for the same thing the next day.
this is jesse dressed up like a girl. he was lovin' it...his big sister and big brother thought it was great fun and hilarious. i am sure he will hate this picture some day! i know Tim already does...but it was too funny not to post.
here is my sweet annie girl who insisted that going through the torture of having her hair pulled every morning as i brushed it out was better than having short hair, because "God gave me long hair, so i should leave it long." but i was cutting the boys' hair the other night and she decided that she didn't want to miss out on the action. she plopped herself in the chair and told me to cut it shorter than mine. i was a little nervous, but after evening it out some, managed to come up with a cute cut. she LOVES it! she said , "mommy, i just feel so beautiful." as she bounced her new do up and down and giggled. i have to agree. and it is SO much easier to do in the morning.
This is nature in action in our front yard. we came home the other day to a hawk in our yard...apparently he had gotten into a tussle with a squirrel...guess who won?? it was pretty cool to watch. it took him hours to eat it and then he decided to leave the rotting carcass in our yard. by the time tim came home at dinner, it was swarming with flies and smelled so horrible.
the hawk let me get really close to him. i was only 6 feet away at one point, although a look like this made me want to get a little further back! don't worry buddy, i am NOT going to eat squirrel!

so tim got his gear on and went out there and scooped him up. apparently lots of bags don't cover the scent, because then he rotted in our dumpster all weekend. it permeated our entire backyard...let's just say, i will never look at a fly the same way again.