Six Blind Mice

Jeff had a surprise last night when he opened the grill to start dinner. Two little eyes were peering back at him, and little squeaks quickly began to sound the alarm. It turned out a little house mouse had decided to make her nest (for the second time now) in our grill. So Jeff, being the wonderful Dad he is, very carefully scooped up the pink, hairless, blind babies and transferred their nest into an aquarium we've been using for various insects we find in the yard, then began to coax the mom to follow. Dinner wound up being about 45 minutes late, but the girls didn't even seem to mind in all the excitement!

Hannah's mothering insticts kicked into overdrive, and she busily set to work making the Ma Ma mouse and her babies feel safe (even if that meant peering into the cage and singing to them through the screened top!) She is now certain she is an Animal Rescuer just like Diego, and proceeded to sing "Calma" to help calm them down and know that we are here to help them.

So, we now have six babies and one very brave Ma Ma Mouse living on our deck. We figure we'll let the babies get a bit older, then let them go ... somewhere far away from our house so they won't cause any more damage than they already have!

Yes, we have become "THAT" crazy family now! ;)