Holding a tarantula is serious business.

Holding a tarantula is serious business.

What Fallie and her best friend found!

What Fallie and her best friend found!

Fallie wrote a story about a stuffed animal of hers, a little Siamese cat named Daffodil. It involved land planarians! LAND PLANARIANS!

The Skull Girls are making weapons.

It snowed for about five minutes on Friday. The girl children were ecstatic! 

It snowed for about five minutes on Friday. The girl children were ecstatic! 

We keep a stack of old towels in the bathroom right by the door for her to clean her feet with every day.

We keep a stack of old towels in the bathroom right by the door for her to clean her feet with every day.

Hobbs, the tiger salamander

Hobbs, the tiger salamander

in the pines 

in the pines 

Fallie is part monkey

Fallie is part monkey

So do not mess with this girl or hiding in the fort

So do not mess with this girl or hiding in the fort

Fallie in her new Hammelhorn vest

Fallie in her new Hammelhorn vest

I never thought I would make peach colored icing… but Fallie had a “play in the dirt” birthday party and I made an earthworm cake*. Red velvet is great for innards and the birthday girl loved it. 
*I know that earthworms don’t have eyeballs but it looked cuter this way.

I never thought I would make peach colored icing… but Fallie had a “play in the dirt” birthday party and I made an earthworm cake*. Red velvet is great for innards and the birthday girl loved it. 

*I know that earthworms don’t have eyeballs but it looked cuter this way.

Tree climbing master

Tree climbing master

Fall Porter Tarantula Tamer

Are you cool Fallie? You think I’m absolutely ridiculous for not snuggling with him, don’t you?

I am hoping that summer temperatures are over but this was a lovely day.

I am hoping that summer temperatures are over but this was a lovely day.