Okay. So, this post has nothing to do with sewing or creativity, but it’s pretty funny, so I thought I’d share.
We live in a very lively household. With six kids, two parents, and a dog, there’s always something interesting going on. The other evening, our girls came running downstairs exclaiming that their was something !DISGUSTING! outside of their window, and they were afraid to go into their room. Well, convinced (mom’s intuition) that my girls were just trying to get out of cleaning their room, I sent their older brother up to investigate. My oldest son (age 9) is our resident unidentified creature catcher. He loves nature and is always willing to come to mommy’s rescue when there’s something icky crawling around that I can’t identify.
Much to my surprise the resident verminator also ran to the top of the stairs in horror, exclaiming that their was, in fact, an ugly “hedgehog looking thing” on the outside of the girl’s window.
(Time out: Now I’m concerned. What could possibly be lurking outside of the girl’s window – on the 2nd floor- that even my little nature boy can’t identify?)
Well, I did what any brave mom would do: I held my breath, tried to appear brave, and ventured upstairs to take a look for myself. Much to my relief, it was just a baby squirrel that got caught on the ledge of the window, and all the kids could see was its sqooshy tail – hence the “hedgehog”. (Ha! Ha!) I’m so glad that mommy was hero for a day – even with my heart in my throat!)
Thanks little squirrly!
