A Walk in the Park

Well,
lately with Tan and the kids gone, Chaim and I have been needing to find other ways to fill our day (which has not been easy...Chaim sure misses you guys). Well fortunately for us, Fish Creek Park is just a little jaunt away. We go for our daily stroll at least once, sometimes two times a day...and it is wonderful. What a little treasure. Yesterday we saw our first American Goldfinch of the summer, Red-winged blackbirds, Mergansers, and well.... take a look...

a porcupine?

Chaim loved to sit in the grass, but I have to always watch him...He is such a little dinosaur and everything that he can grab goes straight into his mouth...a typical sequence of events....

1. first he sees it....

his though bubble I am sure is "hmm...what is this? ...only one way to find out..."

2. Planning his attack

3.Initiating .....

4. The Crunch Down ....

5. VICTORY!!

Truly nothing is safe....

Dum Dum Dum....[suspense building]

Truly nothing is safe from him. Tanis can even attest to this fact...He was always trying to put Jessica in his mouth, and if my face gets too close to his mouth he will clamp down on my jaw bone, nose, or whatever he can grab...He truly is our little Dinosaur...Luckily still no teeth.

NOTE: No Porcupines were injured in the making of this blog

Random Facts:

• Baby Porcupines are called "Porcupettes"
• "Some dinosaurs ate lizards, turtles, eggs, or early mammals. Some hunted other dinosaurs or scavenged dead animals. Most, however, ate plants (but not grass, which hadn't evolved yet)." (United States Geological Survey http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/)