The Sun Came Out

The sun came out today and even though the air temp was only just above freezing, the sun made if feel like spring. So, how do you enjoy a sunny day in the Kootenay's, you go to Fort Steele!

Spring has sprung at Fort Steele, in fact, Kimberley is the only place with snow.  One important sign of spring is baby animals and one of the cutest we saw today was this little lamb. 

Ok, you may want to turn your head for this next picture...  The kids were all freaking out and calling me over to take a picture of this.

Yup, the cat had a mouse.  More so, he didn't care that we were watching him.  We tried to get the kids away before the inevitable happened.  However, the cat loosened it's grip instead and the mouse went running!  It freaked us all out!!  The cat then continued to chase, catch and release the poor thing.  The game went on for 5 minutes, I even got a video of it.  The weird thing was that the mouse would sit real still in front of the cat and then walk real slow toward the cat and even crawl under the cat's chest.  The cat would pick it up and then drop it again.  Why didn't the mouse just take off?  Why would it crawl TOWARD the cat??  Don't know.  We left before we go the answer.

We went with our friends and their littlest fit perfectly in this doorway, too cute to pass up.

Now here are some people you may recognize.

And yes, if you have forgotten what I look like, here I am.  

We joked that going to Fort Steele was more like going into the future than the past.  It is what we will have in a few more weeks... no snow and even some green grass spouting.  It felt like a mini vacation.  Just what we needed!