DEER. Three to be exact, one female and her two tween-age offspring, were part of our most recent walk and experience in Hocking Hills. Thanks to today's "heat wave" - we were able to spend several minutes (at least 20, maybe 30... no I'm not kidding) talking to the deer. After 5 minutes, they seemed to be bored with us...the youngest actually coming as close as 30-40 feet from Makayla as she explained "we won't hurt you", "we aren't going to come into your forest" while also offering to feed them leaves, sticks and rocks from her yellow bucket. I could not help wondering if the reason they were not alarmed by our presence, and failed to high-white-tail out of there, is because maybe... just maybe... they had mistook Makayla as a large (and friendly) rabbit (see picture). In other news...Jay is enjoying a much-deserved ski trip with friends in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. After 2 days of skiing he's sore and tired - but loving every minute of it. However, he will be ready to return home... just as much as we are excited to have him back soon.
Kaiden is growing bigger by the minute - laughing and talking more and more during his waking moments. He's sleeping through the nights now (sometimes sleeping longer in the mornings then Mak!)... and generally just observing in earnest (and learning from Big Sister for sure), the rhythm of our days.
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