Bats

So our youngest grandson David is 4 going on 40. Well, not quite. He will be 5 in January and at breakfast, every day he prays for the food, the whole world, Jesus' birthday and, mentions his own birthday. He has a bat stuffy. It is real life-size, and colour. He saw one of the girls ask for an empty box to wrap a present in. I gave her one from crackers. David also asked for a box and chose the Kraft Dinner box because it was the right size and dark inside for his bat to sleep in. The girls were baking cupcakes so he used some of the leftover papers to decorate his bat home. There was a handful of paperclips on the table that Devan us using for a craft, so he used them and some string leftover from another one of the girl projects. Do you see a theme here? And he used tape. Lots of tape. Now I know where some of the 10 rolls went and I did buy 4 more. They are being used in the quilt room where the official gift wrapping station is. And he is learning to print his name.

I could tell bat stories. We live in this 1842 farmhouse.  We replaced the soffit and facia a couple of years ago to keep the critters out. One squirrel and 8 bats did not get the eviction memo. The bats showed up one or three at a time. In the night of course. But one bat ended up in the kitchen. Now bats are nocturnal. They just "disappear" in the daytime. This one decided to hide in Ava's shoe and her calm response to its discovery when she tried to put the shoe on is epic. 

So, all I all, David's stuffy bat is a bit creepy and the thing keeps disappearing like behind his bed or under the couch. 

blessings,

Chris