Aggressive squirrels

The squirrels in Denver are very aggressive and our current location is not exception.  When we lived here before we had several squirrel incidents.  One time I came home and found bread all over the floor and I thought gosh Shawn could have cleaned up after himself and then I went to our pantry to find all our bread ripped open and laying all over the place.  Then I figured it was not Shawn and I closed our window which had a screen in it but it was broken with a small gap at the top just big enough for a squirrel.  There were many times I would walk into the kitchen flip on the light and scream because the squirrel would be hanging on the screen inside the window yelling at me. 

We moved to a new place last time we live here and one time a lady walked by our window and found Shawn in the church and said I saw a squirrel in your apartment.  So Shawn went check and sure enough there was a squirrel sitting on the window ledge in our apartment.  We are not sure how he got in but he did and Shawn was able to chase him out.  The second time Shawn was home and heard a noise and there was a squirrel sitting in the vent above our oven.  I guess he fell down the vent and could not get out.  Shawn called animal control and they said they could only come out if the squirrel was loose not trapped so Shawn had to let the squirrel out of the vent and then they came to catch him.  The really funny part was this guy with a long pole and with a tiny loop on the end and he was going to try to catch the squirrel around the neck like a dog catcher.  Shawn busted out laughing as the guy was running around our apartment knocking over stuff and swearing as he tried to catch this squirrel.  Eventually he ran out the front door and the guy left. 

Well when we returned to Denver we had forgotten about the squirrels.  They have chewed holes in our garbage cans and consistently eat our garbage.  They have been in our house eating trash, climbing on the table, and most recently in our cupboard trying to get our bread.  One day I came up the stairs carry Marin and Symeon was right next to me as we rounded the corner I saw Shawn's back pack moving and out popped the squirrel.  He charged me and the kids since we were blocking the door so we ran outside screaming and he followed us into the yard.  He broke into our garage and ate a few snacks we left in the bike trailer overall it is just a pest.  Everyday the squirrel comes to our dining room window just to check and see if it is open and he might be able to sneak in the kids love it and find it quite funny.  It is a bit of a family joke now and in this picture Symeon was having a chat with the squirrel just laughing as you can see he isn't scared one bit and took his time leaving.