Several years ago we went to visit my brother David. There are lots of squirrels in his neighborhood. My girls were fascinated by them!
Nancy buys huge bags of peanuts at Costco and puts one on each fence post every day. The girls were thrilled to help deposit the peanuts. They knew the squirrels would come soon afterwards.
The squirrels are pretty tame. They let David feed them peanuts.
One even came close to Emily.
David's grandkids and my girls decided to remove the shells for squirrels.
Megan tried to hand the squirrel the peanut.
Heather had better luck when we put the peanuts in her palm.
Feeding the squirrels, or "tree rats" as David calls them, is one of their favorite memories of this vacation. David often teases the girls about the squirrels missing them. (The squirrels got a whole lot more peanuts than usual while we were there. Ha Ha)
David often sends us packages, and lately he has been drawing squirrels somewhere on the box. The girls are almost as excited for the drawings as they are for the contents of the boxes! Below are the two most recent squirrel drawings.
What fun it is to have this "inside joke" with Uncle David!
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