Bunnies and Turtles and Bugs, Oh My!

Spring has definitely sprung around here.

A few weeks ago Copper discover a bunny nest in the back yard where a tree used to be. Fortunately I was able to save the second baby she pulled from the nest and she is now allowed only supervised visitation in the back yard until all four legged creatures are able to actually run.

Last week while I was cutting the grass, she proudly strutted through the yard with something else in her mouth . . . a turtle. Kaitlyn and I decided "Lucky" would be far happier in the woods about a block from our house and walked him down. He was not very happy about the adventure.

Yes, that is Lucky, minutes from his escape trying to bite the hand that frees him.

Then on Saturday, we were visited by a baby bunny on the front porch. Unfortunately by the time K got to the side of the house, it had run into the flower bed and hid under the lilies. We found the bunny AND another turtle. The bunny headed to the back yard and Tur-Tur joined Lucky in the woods.

K and Sianna hanging with Tur-Tur on the way to his reunion.

Animal Week was (hopefully) topped of yesterday when the school nurse called to inform me that I needed to pick K up from school. Her teacher had sent her down with an itchy head and the nurse found some not-so-nice lice. While I was delighted to have the afternoon off of work, I was not thrilled to spend $25 at the drugstore and two hours combing through K's hair. Miss Kate was not a fan of the process either, but she did enjoying counting the "nats" that we found (all 6 of them). Another two hours was spent removing all the stuffed animals in K's room (5 trash bags) that needed to be sealed up for at least two weeks, both our beds had to be stripped and sprayed, sheets washed in hot water and carpets vacuumed. On the up side, I'm pretty sure this is the cleanest K's room has been since she moved into a big girl bed four years ago.

Since K loves to lay on the couch (and we're not sure when the bug love started), tonight will be Clean the Living Room Night. More bagging, spraying and vacuuming. Hell, I may even break out the steam cleaner while I'm on a roll. If the dog hasn't peed in the toy room today, we might look down right respectable by bedtime.