While I help the older two girls get to bed each night, the Toddler has a bedtime ritual of her own that involves the Spouse reading her the same couple of books before she goes to sleep. One of her favorites for the past several months has been a rhyming picture book called Firefighters to…
The girls, most especially the 1st Grader, continue to beg for a furry pet. But, I’m trying to convince them that we already have one since this sweet bunny has taken up residence under our back deck. She’s so cute and springy. But, I’m not sure why she stays because we’re loud and very unpredictable….
Well, as follow-up to last week’s debacle with the mouse… Him got the Goldfish. Can you even believe his determination? Just before we caught the culprit, I spoke with a pest control expert on the phone about our spring extermination plan. That’s when he shared all about how mice are “amazing creatures.” He said they’ve…
A few months ago we had a mouse who would repeatedly invade our pantry under the cover of night. But, we strategized and caught him {only after the Spouse and I spent some time dancing around on chairs with brooms in the dining room}. But, apparently, word did not get back to the mouse perpetrator’s…