dear deer

Dear Deer,
Please look before you cross the street.
Thank you,
Society

Last fall, Kate and I were going to her mom's house on the outskirts of Sioux Falls. We were only going about 25mph, and out of the darkness, pranced a deer... who awkwardly ran into the drivers side of Kate's honda element. Thanks to dear Mr. Deer, Kate had the pleasure of getting herself and her two kids in and out of the car from the passenger side for about a month :)

Ollie is picking up on words very quickly. Last fall, he LOVED saying 'cop car... cop car!', maybe an inspiration from his Policeman-uncle Ryan. We called the police department to report the incident, so about 15 minutes later, Kate was brought back to a police car in order to file the report. Meanwhile, Ollie was getting anxious in the car, so what do I do?! I unbuckle him and we get out of the car to see "mom's in the cop car!" :) one of my favorite moments.

Moral of the Story: Watch for deer on that road... so I do, and a couple weeks ago, I noticed a couple deer on the side of the road by some trees. I slowed down to watch them, then I honked at them... they seemed to ignore me.. therefore I got defensive and a little offended so I laid on the horn. Success! They went into the trees. - At this point, I see a man and his dog on the top of the hill walking towards me.. probably wondering why the world I was honking at him like a crazy lady. I smiled as I drove by. Silly deer.