Mouse in the House

We have a big mouse problem in our pantry and his name is Ezra.

He likes to bite holes in bags of food. At the grocery store I have to put my produce out of reach because he will grab it and chew through the bags and gnaw on the food (green onions, limes, anything). The good news is his last 4 teeth have broken through the gums now, so hopefully he will get a break from teething for a while.

Rough and Tumble

That's how he rolls. And trips. And stumbles. And falls.
Its seems like when Ezra gets a head wound, he gets a bunch all at once. This week this is what he has accomplished.

And just so you know, I've moved the baby gate to the bottom of the basement stairs to keep him out of the basement, so now he won't be shaking the gate violently until he loosens it and falls down the stairs. He can go down stairs just fine.
I almost took him to get stitches for that one on the right. It's healing pretty well though, so I'm glad I didn't. It would have been unnecessary torture. He won't keep a bandaid on for more than an hour, so I had to put some "liquid bandaid" superglue type stuff on it and that seems to be working.
Its amazing any of us survive toddlerhood. I was no more than 5 feet away from him when each of these injuries occurred. I think I need to just bubble wrap his head for the next year or so.

Tough Mudder

Last weekend Ryan did the Tough Mudder. It's a 12 mile run with crazy obstacles. Crazy like stupid crazy. Crazy like running through dangling electrical wires while you are wet and muddy and getting 10,000 volts running through you and almost passing out. And swimming under barrels in ice filled pools of water. I can't believe any events company would even take on such a liability. And I can't believe any living soul would ever have a desire to repeat such an experience. You should check out their website, it looks like marine training for torture survival.

Yes, that's ICE they are pouring into the pool. In October. Not July.