Home Life

This is the mongoose that is a pet to one of our neighbors. A little funny story: One day the kids were in the front room and started screaming, "mommy a rat!!!!" I ran in to see what they were talking about. I saw "Anchor" and reassured my kids that he was harmless. Well, needless to say, my kids didn't buy it. They ran around the house and even out the front door. Kenai climbed stacks of chairs and Koda made his way up the bamboo patio pole. Anchor was chasing them up poles and chairs, and I had to kind of stand back and laugh. Wish I had a video camera for sure!!! After they really were freaking out, I got them in the house and we closed the door, leaving Anchor outside. We soon realized that Anchor new how to jump through windows. He was a persistent one though, and made his way under cracks in the doors and all ways possible. His owners came to get him and we haven't seen him since. As you can see below, the kids came to realize he was a pet and started to like him. If he wasn't so annoying in finding every way possible in our house, I wouldn't mind having him around the yard. Mongooses are known for killing cobra snakes- and that is very comforting, especially with how many snake sitings there has been around our area. Cody just killed one this week that was poisonous. Papa help us all! 

This is the way the boys take their nap in the afternoons when theres no electricity. Chonies in the hammock. I usually walk by them and shoo the flies every now and then. We are so excited to announce though, that this month we bought a generator, and will no longer have to battle to extreme heat and flies and candles for light when the power is out! PTL!