Coyotes

We seem to have an infestation of coyotes in our neighborhood these days. Over the past week, we've seen them numerous times on our back hill and up in our yard. One was even in the front of the house in the street. I'm not really thrilled about this... especially when all the kids want to do is play outside... I've blocked off the deck with the play house and the picnic table so they can play on the deck but it's not the same as the pool and slip n slide. I called animal control who referred me to the Dept. of Wildlife who reminded me that a couple of years ago the good citizens of King County passed an ordinance that disallows the trapping of any vertebrate (ae?) -- which you may have heard me complain about before because moles are included in this ban -- resulting in parks full of molehills. Anyway, no one can do anything about the coyotes either... We've been contemplating moving anyway and I think this might be the last straw...

Kyra had her 18 month doctors appt yesterday. She's 32 lbs and 34 (?) inches. She's in the 97% in both height and weight -- yes, she's switching to 2% milk now and limiting starches. Other than that, she's doing wonderfully. I was talking with the doctor about her dramatic tendencies and he had her in his lap and cuddled her and said "But she's soooo sweet." I agreed but wanted some reassurance that the drama and crying (all the time) is normal. And it is. She also got 4 vaccinations which didn't result in a very happy baby...