Ahh the joys of a mischief. The boys have all settled back down from their road trip. The excitement of being ribbon winners has quieted. Now it’s back to the routine business of being spoiled pets!

Adrienne is busy planning the Uncle’s first birthday party. She has bought a piñata and we were discussing birthday cakes last night. We are thinking that a pumpkin muffie from Panera Bread would be nice, maybe add a touch of cream cheese frosting. There will also be a digging box and a small swimming pool put into the cage for the day!!!! She is also researching party games and favors for the boys to all have after the day of fun is over with, we are also sending treat bags home to Scott’s rats. What do you buy rats for a first birthday? Hmmmm… something to ponder the next couple of weeks.

I need a redo of the cage. I want to get them some more interesting things to play with. An engaged mind is a happy rat. We did get them a wooden cage full of nuts (it’s actually a parrot toy) this weekend. They have to stand up in order to reach it to chew on it. They really seem to be enjoying the challenge. The little boys go after it the most and it’s alot of fun to watch them hanging on it, trying deseprately to get to the nutty center!!!! =D

With any luck we will be laying a new floor in the living room and painting the walls, so the boys might get some back porch time in the next few weeks. I thought they might enjoy the fresh air and breezes. Let’s hope for a warm day, not too hot–good weather for them to be out and about. I just prefer they not be in the house with painting going on.

So we’ll see what happens in the next couple of weeks )