Day 4 in Shingra-La

Yesterday was not so hot, in that it's difficult to find a comfortable way to sit in church for approximately 2.5 hours. Add the 1 hour of combined driving and you certainly look forward to a nap in the afternoon.

It's not always easy to sleep, but after extended periods of not leaning against your back, simply laying down is restful.

This morning I woke up and almost felt good for a bit. All this taking the pills with food is messing with my exercising on an empty stomach, but oh well. And you definitely, DEFINITELY do not want to taste the prednisone pills! Very bitter.

Not that much got done by me, today, other than taking Nolan and Trevor out for their promised "shopping with Mommy and stopping at McDonald's, summer treat."

We had a good time. After we got the food to our table and they'd started eating, Trevor leaned back in his seat and said, "Ah...this is bliss!"

They thanked me several times and told me what a wonderful Mom I was which naturally leads one to ponder that immortal question, "How did bribery ever get such a bad reputation?

A greasy slope is the way to a boy's heart.

Speaking of the boys, they are going to have their work cut out for them, as far as tending caterpillars.

Nolan found another fair-sized one yesterday, and when he went out for more milkweed leaves this morning, came back with this:

Yes, it is a gold mine of monarch eggs!


Now we can truly watch them from the first stage to last.

I think there are 12 on this leaf and there was one on the other....maybe another one or two to hatch out? We'll see.

Two ice cream buckets may be necessary to house all the little one critters.

And speaking of strange animals, I posted a picture (on Facebook) that I thought was a baby owl peeking out of a pine tree....

WELL, I just might have been mistaken. And Justin-the-son-in-law was pretty stinkin' close with his "hypnotoad" comment.

Because a week or two later, this is what we saw...


I still stay the first picture looked like a baby owl. But one cannot deny that this latest photo shows either a tree frog or toad.

I'll let others decide.
 

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