Just killing time.

Last weekend we stayed home.  Sometimes it feels good to have absolutely no where to go and nothing to do.  To just wing it.  It was glorious.  I thought it might be fun for the girls and I me to make a maze for the ratties to conquer.  First I thought we could do it out of megablocks alone, but that proved to be impossible because there just wasn't enough.  So the next plan was to use library books and hope the ratties didn't knock them over.  First up was Daisy.  We almost got her at the starting gate, but Bren accidently knocked over some books before we even got started.  Take two went much better.

She may have been too smart.  She went straight from beginning to the end without even a sniff in the wrong direction.  As proud as I was to have a smart rat, it was a little disappointing that she didn't get stumped, not even once.  After all, it did take me almost an hour to set up the maze.  She didn't even seem interested in the treat at the end.

Second up was Daphne.  She took an entirely different approach.  She just hurlded the first wall she found and ended up knocking over a few others in the process.  I suppose that's another way to get through.  Oh well.  It was fun trying to set it up, even if it didn't go as planned.  The girls seemed to enjoy watching me do it and seeing how the ratties reacted. 

Daisy in her usual position as soon as you open the door.  She LOVES to get out!

Daisy went back to explore after she reached the finish in 2 seconds flat.

The girls gearing up to knock down all the walls at the end of our experiment.

Sunday I decided to break out the sewing machine and make the ratties two new things for their cage.  Kadyn had a pair of jeans that was falling apart so I cut off the legs and hemmed the ends to make a hanging tunnel.  Next, I sewed the back and front of the jeans together to make a hanging pocket.  They really like the hanging pocket.  Lots of buttons to chew, pockets to poke their heads out of, and a zipper to chew too.

Did someone say "cheese?"

  We sure do love our little furballs.  I know their just rats, but they are little furry balls of loving fun to us.