[/caption]Guess who is back... Okay it's not the same one because that one is DEAD... Can you guess yet?
It's definitely fall at our house. Some people tell fall by the chill in the air or the trees that start to turn color. We can tell it is fall because once again there is a squirrel running around loose in the house. It doesn't help that our bedroom wall is ripped apart and the chimney hole is a great big squirrel elevator. Of course you might be wondering why we waited until now to address the problem. The answer to that is complicated and comes down to priorities and distractions. It might even involve a larger-than-normal sized shed.
Anyway, the other morning Jack said he saw something run up the wall. The cat was acting rather strange and sure enough there was a beady-eyed rodent running through Cassie and Jack's room, bouncing off the windows as it looked for a way out. It ran into Rory's room and according to the cat was under the bunk bed. I started pulling drawers out and it darted out and ran circles around my bare feet (yes I was screaming) and then ran across the hall and back up the wall.
Unfortunately I don't think the cat or my screaming was enough of a deterrent. The next afternoon Jack watched as it came down the squirrel shaft (aka where the chimney was) and ate part of an apple. He yelled and chased it away only to have it come back a few hours later and snag the entire apple. Sigh.
I am sure we have not seen the last of him.
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