Every morning, this family of geese waddles through our yard with their baby goslings following behind. At first, I thought oh how cute. The little goslings would waddle around and the kidlings would crowd around the window and ooh and aah at just how cute they are. Here is the problem: geese are absolutely disgusting. All they do is poop. And if the constant poop wasn't bad enough, they are thankless (see below).
We save the bread stumps for these damn geese, and instead of showing some appreciation to this nice boy who is trying to feed them, they start spitting and hissing and try to attack. My naive child, bless him, has no idea that this behavior is attack mode. So, as I try to foster a love of all creatures great and small, I am also trying to discreetly swat and karate chop these nasty birds so they don't bite my kids.
This picture is my favorite because while Andrew wasn't looking, I hissed back and chased those pooping maggot birds away.
In other news, we love swimming on the weekends. The pool is awesome. The shallow end is shaded so Lulu can swim without getting scorched, and there is a big Noah's Ark with water cannons. No need to re-read your Bible. It is clear that Noah needed water cannons to fend of both angry sea creatures and pirates. If anyone wants to come swim with us, come on over!
