Ok, so football practice isn't that bad...

It does force us all outside every evening to enjoy to sunset :)

Skunked!

We live in one of the middle homes of a six rowhome set. We're right in town and our homes are old (1928), simple and have small, fenced-in yards. The two houses to our left recently began boarding a family of skunks beneath their back porches. The neighbors have consulted with a Skunk Man, set out humane traps and sprayed vinegar in an attempt to evict them. We didn't have any worries because our porches don't connect, our own porch is not closed in underneath and therefore offers no protection and we figured that with the dog, they'd probably stay out of the yard.

In fact, we even went so far as to feel sorry for the skunks. Obviously they don't want to live this close to us, but with all the housing and strip mall development taking up their habitat, they've been forced to. I'm thinking that the skunks are out skunking around doing their skunky business and muttering under their breaths about all these people gettin' up in their shit.

Well tonight, I think they had enough of us. Or, of Cinder anyway. Poor super pooch:

That's her eating a treat shortly after her fourth bath and baking soda/hydrogen peroxide rinse. She took a hit right in her fuzzy little face.

Oh, and did I mention that right after she was sprayed, she came running top speed through the house, shaking her head? Please add "scrubbing the entire footprint of the house" to Jason's list of Things I'd Prefer Not To Do At 10 O'clock On A Thursday Night When There's A Baseball Game That I Have Money On Happening Right Now.

Suburban sprawl, kids. It's a terrible thing.

NHL pre season

Oh, we didn't tell you? Yeah, Tubby's playing for the Flyers this season.

Pretty awesome, I know :)


We're all pretty excited about him making the team - and his obvious hatred for the Rangers. A Philly boy to the core :)

PS: Tubby is quite photogenic, as you can see here and here.

Avery Cain is a Vegetarian!

I was tucking in my monster and he told me that he decided to become a vegetarian... Details to follow!

Ready! Set! Hike!

Mr. Avery Cain began football on August first. He's never played before.

His team is the Souderton Braves. And practice is FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK. Until school starts. Then, it's only two nights a week, with games on the weekends.


Dear football players,

Please don't squish my son. Thank you.

Warmest regards,
Mikaela

Super Pooch Update, 2

Harvey's photo is up on the Super Pooch Update post. Harvey sent this card to his momma in the mail - how sweet!