After I cleaned everything really well, and put it all back...I was a little happier and a little less nervous. Until "attack of the mice strikes again"! Round 2...as I am looking at myself in a mirror, I see through the mirror that behind me is another mouse, running for my bed!!! Geesh! Now I'm freaking out like crazy. 2???? I thought one was just a freak accident. So I again fly on top of my hope chest screaming for my brave 4 and 5 yr old sons to come save me. Their daddy was at work, after all. :( Well, the boys were great little mouse hunters at first. I found 2 clear boxes handed them each 1 and told them where the beast was. My 4-yr old is a little spacey and silly and let the mouse go right pass him. It went into my closet. Again, the shoes must ALL come out. They are being flung left and right...until we spy the little critter at the back of the closet. My boys all of a sudden chicken out and I threaten them with my life to press on!!! (lol, i'm terrible). So they do, but the mouse runs pass again to the other side of the room, where a closet door is leaning against a wall. Behind the door is the mouse. I position one boy on one end of the door and the other boy on the other end. I teach them how to carefully hold the box, so they can trap the mouse. I shake the door. The mouse runs to my oldest boy(who's doing great at this), right when the mouse gets to the box he turns around fast as lightening and runs toward the space cadet child. My younger son is goofing off like usual, and falls over pressing his box to the ground. In that split second the mouse had run into the box and was trapped. I hip, hip, horrayed the rest of the day. My 2 little heroes!!! I should mention though, that threatening them for my life meant telling them they could have the biggest ice cream EVER if they just catch the mouse!!! They did. We took them to a frozen yogurt land, and they enjoyed the heroic ice cream of their choice.
5 comments:
OOooh that story makes me shiver too! They are everywhere!
eeeeeeeeek!!!!!!!! My kids would have been USELESS! ha ha!
Oh my gosh, Mariah, yuck! I can share some mousey stories with you too! We've been told by the exterminators that there's never just one, if you see one, there's a lot more around... so it's good to find where they're getting in. Good job to your boys! :)
You guys need a cat :)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, GET A CAT, HAHAHAHAHAHAH... sorry, we had mice, and the exterminator came out and put stuff out and such, and said: "what you guys need is a cat!" Want to know what my reply was? "WE HAVE 3 CATS!" He asked why we had a mouse problem then. I'll tell you why, those mice are smart little buggers, and know the routes to go to avoid cats- the walls, cupboards, etc. they were in the attic too, we could hear them in the walls. They know where to stay out of sight (and claw)... sorry, wasn't trying to be rude, but it struck my funny bone based on our own experience.. :)
Post a Comment