How Long Does It Take to Suffocate A Chipmunk?

. . . We are about to find out!

This morning after I turned on the dryer, I heard an animal running around in my dryer vent. Of course I FREAKED OUT! Jason thought I was deathly ill or something. I was so glad he was still home.

Jason went downstairs and let me know it was "definitely bigger than a mouse." Great. I stayed upstairs while I heard Jason banging around downstairs. It was a chipmunk. GROSS! He literally tore apart the utility room trying to catch it, as you can see below . . .

And tried to set up a barrier to keep it enclosed.
The chipmunk made its way from the utility room into the storage room (at least the storage room is much smaller!). Jason said the chipmunk jumped and he was able to put the bucket over it as it landed!! He yelled at me to come help him and this is how I found him in the storage room. I died laughing! And then said, "wait a minute, I have to go get my camera!"

The chipmunk is under the bucket, duct-taped to the floor . . .

. . . with a bag over the bucket!

Had I been willing to help, perhaps we could have gotten the chipmunk into the bag and outside. But, I hate ALL animals of every shape and size and I refused to even take a look at that nasty chipmunk who made its way into my house through my dryer vent! Just seeing its tail wiggle once through the bucket made me shriek with horror!

So, the chipmunk is currently waiting to suffocate to death in our storage room in the basement.

The Kids

Until we have more than one child, "the kids" will still mean my sisters kids. Many people have asked me what Kate's kids think of Abram. Of course they love him a lot and they love that they get to see him a lot (they have a lot of cousins on their dad's side of the family, but don't get to see them very often).

I have loved getting to watch Kate's kids for her during the day so she can run errands. The past two Fridays, the kids (except Brady) have come over to my house for the morning and for lunch.

This was the scene for most of the first Friday morning. The girls were playing school and the boys were lounging.
What cuties! More and more lately Mya and Sydney remind me of Kate and I when we were litte. We did everything together. Sydney is now old enough to do whatever Mya is doing. It is so fun. I didn't have them pose for this picture . . . they were both sitting on the one seat coloring on their own.
And they helped me take care of the boys . . .

Perhaps someday these two -who are just 5.5 months apart in age - will be the same size. If their sizes now are any indication of the future, Greysen will definitely be the linebacker on the football team and Abram will be the d-back (Jason had to help me with that one)!

This past Friday morning, we had a very special guest . . . Roonee (Renee Nesbitt). The four of us girls had a little coffee time . . . well, the little girls were eating cheese and crackers.

Today was Brady's last day of school. (I can't believe he just finished kindergarten!) He got out before lunch, so Kate and all the kids came over with sack lunches to celebrate. We were going to go to the park, but it was raining a little. So, we had a picnic on my living room floor. So fun! Jason's mom, Rhonda, is staying with us for a few days, so she got to join the picnic, too!

Have I mentioned I'm loving this staying home thing?

Adoption Meeting TONIGHT!

I want to let everyone know about an adoption info meeting:

TONIGHT at 7:30p at Troy & Pam Nesbitt's house

(585 Timbercreek Drive in Ames)

It is for anyone who wants to just get more information about adoption. I've wanted to have a meeting like this for awhile because I know that adoption is a thought that is in the back of many people's minds, but it is so overwhelming to know what to do about it. Here is an easy first step.

Please join us tonight! It will be very informal and not last much longer than an hour.