Chaos Central

Last night #1's boyfriend was over for dinner which he normally does on Thursdays. He loves to come down for a home cooked meal, but since 2 of the little ones are sick, beef-a-roni was what was served. I told him that being as it wasn't a designated "Eric" night, too bad, he got what he got. LOL After dinner and all of the chaos that the kitchen at that hour contains, we went looking for the cats to bring them in for the night. The 3 barn kitties were all locked up already, our fat cat was roaming around inside so just my cat & his sister were still out. I flipped on the back porch light and up runs my cat - with something dead hanging out of his mouth. I realized it was a bird and as far as I know, his first kill. GOOD KITTY! Remember folks, we live in the country so cats that hunt & mouse to earn their keep is what we require. So I opened the door so he would drop the prize, I could praise him and put him up for the night. Well.....he ran inside dropping it as he went AND IT FLEW AROUND THE HOUSE! Yep, it was a blue bird, still very much alive and it was flying all around the house. DH went nuts yelling at everyone to catch the bird and get the little ones away from it while rambling off something about rabies. Both the cats started stalking it again, #3 grabbed one cat, and #1 grabbed the other while the bird settled back by the door in an attempt to get back outside. After locking the cats up, #1 scooped the bird back out the door and all was well................until we realized there was ANOTHER bluebird flying around in the kitchen!!! Yes, somehow he had managed to catch 2 bluebirds at once. So after more yelling by everyone, more running for cover by DH & the little ones......#3 climbed up on top the counter to throw a towel over top of the bird which had landed on top the cabinets. Safely wrapped in the towel, it too was returned outdoors. He must have been dazed & confused because 5 mintues later, one of them was flying back into the glass of the sliding door trying to get back inside. Yes folks, welcome to my life. It is so weird I can't even make this stuff up if I tried. And Eric's thoughts today when we met up with him for lunch "your house should be required as a deterent for teenagers thinking about having kids. A few hours there and they would change their minds to never having them." Not a good way to gain points with mama, Eric...................