The Winterose Chronicles, Volume 05: Mice, The Gift that Keeps On Giving

Boots, our cat, brings us mice..and birds..LOTS and lots of birds. For she is a mighty hunter and she sees that we are not. (She also has mad ninja skills and demonstrates them on our toilet paper. Many times we find toilet paper shredded all over the house and Boots looks up at us as if to say, "I killed it for you grasshopper.")

Anyway..she brought us a mouse last night. (We have a bird on our front porch..she usually brings them to the back porch.) The man found it and instead of putting it in the trash he just kicked it off the porch. This is a problem. Not because we'd have decomposing mouse carcasses piled high..cause that is gross.... but not as gross as the REAL reason. The REAL reason is the UBER GROSS! (Do not read on if you are eating..or will be eating soon.)

We noticed last year that the bodies moved around before we had put them in the trash can..... we thought that the cat was just toying with her dead adversaries. But no.

We went on a camping trip and the playground that was at the campground had a few dead mice by it. EWW! But that's not the gross part...we found our daughter, Glory, PLAYING WITH THE MICE!!! She had them by the scruff of their necks and was playing "house" with them. Not only that but when we forbade her to play with them or touch them..she just took some tissue and GRABBED THEM WITH IT INSTEAD OF TOUCHING THEM WITH HER BARE HANDS!! GAH! So then she was banned from the playground.

And THAT'S how we found out it was HER that was moving the mice around. She's been playing with them all along.

She's either gonna have a GREAT immune system or she's gonna catch some rare mouse, "This is the curse that falls upon you when you play "Dead Mouse House" with us", disease.

I seriously wonder if I'm her mother. This is the kid who FREAKS OUT when there's a fly in her room..who won't use an automatic flusher toilet because the sound scares her..but she thinks playing with dead animals is cool. I don't know how to relate to a kid who does such things.

At least she'll be easier to buy for now.

About Buffy Winterrose:

I am a reasonably wonderful person who enjoys reading, snacking on addictive foods, and the sound of the dishwasher running when I know I wasn't the one to fill it.

I married a guy that likes boobs. I've got 'em. Our love should last forever.

I have a daughter who thinks I'm the best mom ever! (She doesn't get out much.)

I'm a room mom, PTA Queen, and sometimes I even go out and earn money just for kicks...and money.

Fame is all I'm looking for..and jeans that make my bum look super fly.