Have you met Shrek?

Of course you KNOW who Shrek is! Well, most of you probably do ... he's an ogre. But do you know he lives in our mailbox? I really never think twice about this (nor does John our mailman now) but I'm sure passersby give us a second glance. Shrek somehow ended up in our yard (a straggler from a nearby trashcan perhaps?), then was run over by the lawnmower ... I believe about a year ago now. He looks a bit worse for the wear (see the closeup shot above), but he's been sitting on our mailbox ever since. Sometimes he actually hangs out in the newspaper cubby, and sometimes he just suns himself atop the mailbox itself. Anyway, the kids always greet our green buddy when they run up and get the mail for us. Funny they like him so much, and they've never seen any of the Shrek movies. But in their playroom, they do have a figurine that Uncle Aaron (or maybe that was Auntie Jenn ... or some godparent type figure that likes to give us annoying things) gave them. It makes obscene noises! NICE. The one in the mailbox is more polite!