Today, Jason presented Remy and Kelby with a toy box he's been working on for Remy's first birthday. Since it wasn't ready until this week, we weren't able to give it to her on her first birthday. He did a great job and the R was my first stab at the now passe craft of decoupage.
After much trepidation, I finally agreed to let Jack bring home the pet rats from his classroom. Most of the kids take turns bringing them home and Jack has been bugging me since September to host the rats at our house. After a few deals made between him and I, it was decided he could bring them home for his birthday weekend.
Let me tell you, this is definitely not my cup of tea. When Mazie was 2 months old, we had an issue with wild rats in our old house. We discovered them a couple of days before Christmas, but thought that was limited to the cool weather and maybe they only wanted to chew up the cord from my iced tea maker and just stay hunkered in the one kitchen cabinet. Nope, the day after Christmas, the varmints ran out from under a chair in the toy room, dashed across the floor and jumped into the toy box. It was after this that we got an exterminator and bleached every single thing in the toy room. Even months later, I was finding footprints in the dust on the upper shelves that were hung on the wall.
For the next 5 years that we lived there, we constantly fought a battle with them in the shed and garage. I was terrified to touch anything or go into these places when it was dark. The pure sneakiness and destructive manner of these critters coupled with the threat of disease and the downright germiness of them just gives me the heebs. Nevermind that they are smart and have the ability to survive even the worst conditions nature can throw their way, they are just purely yucky.
While Jack's teacher tried to sell me on their smarts, their sweet nature and problem solving capabilities, when you boil it down, they are still rats. Rats with that creepy, hairless tail and teeny toenails that feel worse than strange on your skin.
But, they are kinda cute when they eat goldfish crackers.
2 comments:
funny, I am JUST getting ready to start a decoupage project- a clipboard. I love decoupage!
I didn't know you were a sissy.:) Glad you could nut up for Jack.
On second thought- I have never seen a rat in its natural habitat. I would probably get the heebs too.
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