Stranger in the Kitchen

Last week, Clayn had taken Tess to school & had left the back door open.  I had been doing laundry & was going up & down the stairs in the house.  Parker was also, downstairs playing on the computer.  As I came up stairs, I heard someone or thing in the kitchen.  I was scared, I had no idea what it was.  I peeked around the corned & I still did not see anything, but, I could hear scratching.  I looked down & in my kitchen was this squirrel.  The funny part was, that when he saw me looking at him, he looked at me.  He did not run.  It was a stare down!  Really!?!  You little stink! He was as scared of me as my kids are!  I had to shoo him out like you would a cat or dog.  Then, Parker came running up & wanted to know what was going on.  The squirrel looked at Parker, and just stood there on the back step.  He then went & got on the fence & just sat there. Park honestly thought that it was the funniest thing ever!  It made me laugh too, because he acted as though he owned the place & we were bothering him.  Moral of the story, don't have a stare down with squirrels, because they will win!