August Rush...

Aaron finished up the extended school year and really had a great time in school. He did great and seemed to really enjoy his additional school time this summer. I think riding the bus helped a lot! Mike and I have been trying to tackle the landscaping in our spare time this month. Mike's been working on taking out some stumps in the back yard and I've been working on making the front yard look somewhat presentable. We're getting there but it takes time. The boys had fun setting little "traps" for the squirrels around one of the stumps. We have the most amazing birds that come around our neighborhood. So I was thinking it would be really neat to fill up the bird feeders out back to attrack some of the birds. The bird feeders hang on these hanging plant rods and I didn't think the squirrels would be able to get to the feeders. I saw a few squirrels attemping to get the seeds but they just slid down the rod. It was pretty funny. But then they figured they could jump over to the feeder before they slid off. So sure enough, they got to the seeds and before we knew it, we had a backyard full of the neighborhood squirrels. So the boys wanted to set up some traps to get catch a squirrel. Poor Hemmie!