Today my kids hysterically announced they had seen an animal in a hole in the yard. Putting their heads together and drawing from all the wildlife animal experience they have had, plus the movie G-Force, they decided that it was a mole.
Now they must formulate a plan. Using what resources they have available, or what resources any couponing Mom might have…
100 bags of S’mores Goldfish (my personal favorite right behind the cupcake ones!). After 15 minutes of work or AGES in the attention span of a 4 year old, this is the plan.
The mole will smell the Goldfish… he will then come out of the hole and follow the trail of Goldfish to the empty pot. Thank goodness I have not been motivated to actually get a plant in there, I would have ruined their plan. Sheesh!
Once at the pot, he will want the YUMMIEST Goldfish at the top of the pot, jump up to get them, and FALL into the planter. Where he is now stuck and they have caught him.
“What will you do with him when you have him?” I ask.
Blank stares. They have obviously have not gotten this far into the plan.
“Call the police.” They say matter of fact.
“Well, lets not call the police and wait until we have him, then we can figure out what to do.” I suggest.
I am not worried, as I walked away, the 18month old was eating the Goldfish trail!
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Uh that’s hilarious… I laughed out loud.
I was on the phone listening to someone … It was awkward because it was not a good time to laugh
Gotta love the ingenuity! We’ve had similar “trapping” at our house too. Guess that practice has come in handy though because in recent years, (as a teen now) our oldest son has gotten rid of a couple of skunks!
I have always wonder if Houston had moles. Everyone that I have ever asked never knew the answer…..glad I seen this post!
I wishe them luck!
lol, was suppose to be listening to my hubby and and I started laughing, He said what did I say that was so funny? uh oh nothing was just thinking to myself. oops. Kids are sooo funny
Loved the story…what they need now are magnifying glasses and they can all be Inspector Gadgets!
BTW, great meeting you at the expo today!
They can always wait for a neighbors cat to catch one. That is how I found my first mole. We tried our best to nurse it back to health and then released it.
So the 18-month old follows the trail…into the hole and catches the mole. Now what? Bet she catches the mole before he finds his way into the pot. Lol
I love your kids! makes me want my own litter!