the job as chief dryer. I start drying her only to realize she still smells bad and so she gets sent out for a rewash. All the while I'm thinking and praying that the twins stay asleep upstairs. The last thing we need are the toddlers to wake up and demand attention while we are elbow deep in skunk smell! A LOOOONG hour later, twins still asleep, we declare the job done. Luckily we could laugh about it because I am telling you that smell was lingering . The next day we went about febreezing the whole house, airing it out and poor Carrie got to spend the day having her hair redone at the groomers. Fast forward to today and we still smell the skunk when Carrie gets wet! So imagine our feelings when we saw the little skunk visitor in our garden. Even though Carrie was begging to get outside, I (obviously) refused! S0metimes we do know what's best -- whether it's the kids or the dogs... even when they are whining we have to stay strong and not give in to their demands!! About Twin Mom 34 year old, born in a small steel town in South Africa, now living in a large Steel City in the US. Mother of twins and loving every moment. 19 Responses to The Curious Incident of The Skunk in the Back Yard OMG easier said than done right "not giving into demands" ha ha ha! Well when I saw that skunk