scared poopless

H....O....L....Y   C....O....W!!!!!!!

have you ever tried to give a guinea pig a bath????? it's definitely not as easy as you might think! i'd rather give a dog a bath!

so this evening i was playing on the computer and holding our new guinea pig, squirt.  he'd only been in my arms for a few moments when i realized he smelled wretched.  there was no way i could hold him any longer.  daryl was cleaning out his cage and putting down fresh wood chips, so i thought he should be clean when he got back into his tidy cage.

i should have realized that when he bit me twice while the water was warming up that this was NOT going to be a pleasant event.  i just figured the sound of running water was a little scary to him. apparently, i was right!

the minute i put him in the kitchen sink and started sprinkling him with water, his cute little squeaks turned into scary little moans.  no kidding!  and then the weirdest thing of all is he started pooping in the sink!!!!  every time i got him wet or he moved, turds came out!  he was like a broken PEZ dispenser!!!

photo of the day #123

bathtime scares the poop out of squirt

of course each time a poo came out, i hollered about how gross that was, and soon the varmints were watching, laughing hysterically! 

when it was finally over, colby snuggled him in a towel and said, "aww...poor squirt.  i'm sorry my mom did that to you."  whatever!  i'm not the one who kept pooping in the sink!

after that daryl and i made tacos for supper.  it was nice having him in the kitchen with me.  then we all played a couple of games of blokus {spencer won both times!}

we were going to play another game, but spencer and colby couldn't agree on what to play.  so i decided to go outside  and take a quick walk before it started raining again.  of course i was quickly followed by two little varmints!

i had no idea that the sky would be so beautiful!  i thanked god for sending me outside at just the right time.  in the east was a double rainbow, and in the west was a gorgeous sunset! 

 

 i took lots of pictures {imagine that!}, and after a while the clouds moved just enough to reveal the moon above the rainbow!  have you ever seen the moon and a rainbow together?

quote of the day:  "Life is like a rainbow.  You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear. " ~unknown