Last week I took Levi outside to walk around. We wandered over to the courtyard across the street and found one of the neighbors on her porch with a baby squirrel. Oh my goodness, it was the cutest thing ever. I have never seen one that little. It had not yet developed a fear for humans and the minute it saw Levi it followed him everywhere. Levi did not like it a first. He ran away from it but that adorable little squirrel kept up. He would cry and fuss but the squirrel had no intention of leaving him. I was able to pet it and Levi felt reassured that it was okay. He touched it and then pulled up on the tail. I told him to be nice and gentle so he let go. We spent some time there and I was wishing that I had a camera handy. What a great picture opportunity and I was missing out. Levi kept wandering around with his little shadow. A couple of times the squirrel got a tad trampled under Levi's feet but it never left. I decided it was time to walk back home and it followed us across the road and up the sidewalk. Levi stopped to pick up a pinecone and offered it to the little fella in friendship. Unfortunately the pinecone was the same size as he was so he didn't accept it. We continued walking back and he eventually stopped following us. I was worried about him. Poor lil' thing. Where was his mama? Would he get too cold at night? I hope he didn't get attacked by any other creatures out there. We haven't seen him again. I was tempted to let Levi keep it and let it be his first pet. If we lived out in the country I would have made a nest in a box for him to live on the porch or in a garage. But since we live in a condo association I didn't think the neighbors would look to kindly on it. Too bad because it was so friendly. But then again it might not have lasted very long considering I have two cats that would make it their mission in life to escape the house and pounce on it.
Wednesday morning we were waiting for Doug to arrive and I told the boys that Papa was on his way. Levi perked up and said "papa, papa, papa!" It was the first time I had heard him say this. It was so great! He continued repeating it and walked back and forth to the door looking for him. He was so excited when Papa arrived. Such a sweet moment. Can we all say, "awe!"
Yesterday evening I made a "house" out of a large box. I cut a saloon style door and a couple windows out of it. This morning I showed it to the boys and they had an absolute blast playing in that box. In and out, in and out, in and out. They played so well together too. There was all kinds of giggles and laughter going on. It was great to have something new to stimulate their mind and senses. The toys they have get boring very fast and I need to find more ways of keeping them occupied and content.
My dear sweet William. I love him so much but he has his moments. He is currently perfecting the art of the temper tantrum. Sometimes he will get angry, for example when I tell him "no you cannot have my keys," and then he will start crying, throw himself on the floor and then roll around like a crocodile. It doesn't matter what is in his way he will roll over it and if he rolls into a wall or furniture he will get back up, move to another spot, throw himself down and start rolling again. If I go to another room he will get up and follow and continue his tantrum there. I have taken to ignoring him. I will not allow him to think that it is going to get any kind of reaction. He will eventually learn that his behavior is not effective in getting his way. He is very stubborn but he will figure it out even if it takes him a long time.
The other reason I do not react to his tantrums is that Levi is a little mimic of William and I don't want him to pick up on this behavior. Usually, when I am telling William "no" and make him stop whatever it is he shouldn't be doing then Levi will go and do the same thing. He could care less about what the action is but is looking for the same reaction. He is an attention seeker.
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