Eeeeek! A mouse!

Way to go Blondie! She trapped a mouse under a board outside of our house. It was stuck and a little part of its body was sticking out. The kids were thrilled when Blondie trapped the little mouse. "Oh, it's so cute! Ooooh! Oooooh! It's sooooooooo cute!" was heard over and over and over again. I tried to sick Blondie on the mouse, but the girls responded with, "No! don't hurt it Blondie!!!" We (Jon) flushed it out with water and caught it in an old ice cream bucket.

Jon brought the mouse-infested ice cream bucket in the house and pretended he accidentally let it loose in the house which sent me into a 1-second frenzy until I saw his face grinning from ear to ear.

We showed the friends across the street :)

Then, Jon and "the gang" walked it over to the other side of the field.

One last gander, and then he let it run away. Yes, they asked if they could pet it. The answer was a resounding "no!"

Yes, it was majorly gross. I told Joy, if it wasn't for "you kids" I would have stabbed that part that was sticking out from under the board and done away with it! Joy looked at me with disgust and said, "Oh mother! Just like Nanny and that gopher!" I'm sure she wondered, how could her mother be so cruel?!?! I told Joy that when I see a mouse about the house, I think of the black plague... I also told her she brightened my life immensely.

Jon was a VERY good daddy to catch the nasty thing unharmed and let it loose in the field.