We found out we have a mice problem in the lean to and decided we needed something to help the situation. Someone on facebook had some kittens they needed to give away at the same time (yay for fb!) so we got a couple of semi wild kittens and after a few days or weeks or being contained, fed, and talked to by our resident animal whisperers they were tamed down...almost too tame. I had to run them off my front steps continously, but they proved they could do the job we got them for and the boys loved them so they were welcome by us. 2 or 3 days after Kale named them, Beth and Barb, one of them disappeared and a few days later the other one was gone too. Later that week Jason saw what we think was the problem - an old tom cat. We had never seen it before, but I guess he doesn't want kittens around here. We will probably try again or maybe get some older cats who are a little tougher, but for now the glue traps are taking care of the mice.
Kale with one of the kittens
he said he could tell them apart and never hesitated to tell me who was who, I didn't believe him until one of them disappeared and he said it was his that was missing...I would think if he was just making it up he would have made Lane's be the one that disappeared!
can't you feel the love?!?
I really thought Lane might have been the reason they went missing...like they ran because they couldn't handle all that love!
he would pick them up and carry them everywhere...this time by the neck....and surprisingly never got scratched
When we bought our house the previous owners left their daughter's playhouse. It was super cute and even has a loft to sit in and read. Unsure of how much use it would get and wanting to move it from the spot it was in Jason came up with the idea to convert it to a hunting blind for the boys (& him). After some work they now have a large, well insulated, box blind to hunt in. Kale got to go a couple of times this year and Jason used it several. And I guess Lane will have to wait until fall 2013 to try it out :)
with their hunting blind
Kale is pretty sure they can kill a turkey out of it this spring!
One rainy day when we were stuck inside the boys worked all day long building things. I think they had been confined to their room at this point for "sawing" and "hammering" on furniture throughout the rest of the house. They were just trying to fix it....definitely never a dull moment
Kale, the safe worker with his hard hat on
and wouldn't you know, Lane's just sat on the floor next to him :)
