Rodent Infestation Worsens

The great rodent detectives are having a great time but unfortunately have not had much success.

Tyler has announced to the world that there are in fact now TWO rats in the house. Jared's expanding list of evidence of foot prints (his words, although i think technically they are paws) scratches on the wall and missing pictures is pointing to a growing problem with rodents. We are confident that at the next doctor's visit that the boys are going to announce to the lobby full of people that the are catching rats by the gross in expectation of the arrival of the her royal highness Elizabeth Grace Johnston, or maybe its Grace Elizabeth (Linda hasn't made up her mind. I still kind of think that leschwana was the way to go but have been overruled on several occasions. )

There was a short debate on whether or not the mysterious creation was a rat or in fact was a raccoon. There was also a bit of confusion on Thursday morning after a small stuffed animal managed to get entangled in the rat trap. Alexander reasoned that the rat must be playing a trick on us since the hand drawn and colored cheese had obviously been eaten and that the rat was being silly but putting the stuffed animal in the trap and closing the lid. Pretty intelligent rat if you ask me.

We are all going fishing in the morning. After making sure that everybody had there own bait I asked Linda if there were bonus points in Valhalla for father's who take all of their children fishing. She said no. In fact these types of excursions are actually penance for causing our own "pere de famille" to suffer through the same thing.