The Snakes Saga

Yes, that is "snakes" plural.  It has been a fantastic snake summer so far as the grandkids are concerned, because they have been able to see some really gross and fascinating snake action.  First event, and the grossest, was finding a poor dead snake that had gotten sucked part way into the water pump and then drowned.  I'm sad to report that I think it is my buddy from last summer, because of the size.  He was really stuck in the filter, so Ken had to puuulllll him out much to the great gross-outness of the grandkids who happened to all be here.  Best pond event ever as far as they were concerned.
But...the fun didn't stop there.  A couple of days later I was getting ready to clean out the filter basket and discovered a snake and a fish in there.  Kids came a-running in time to see the snake catch the fish and slither out of the basket into the bushes.
There's more!  Turns out we have 2 snakes that are vigorously trying to hunt the fish in the pond.  They are really bad hunters, much to the amusement of the grandkids, who have been able to watch the snakes lie in wait and lunge ineptly at the fish swimming by.  The grandkids understand that the baby fish have to go one way or the other, as I have too many fish in the pond to sustain them. 
Finally, Cayden and Callie were dangling their feet in the pond when they disturbed one of the snakes who shot across their feet as he fled to the other side of the pond.  Glad to see the kids' reaction was "cool!" and excited instead of freaking out.