Thursday, December 15, 2011

Of Sugar Plum Fairies and a Christmas Mouse

from Google images

Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

I have a thing for peanut M&M's.  I keep a wee tiny bowl of them on my desk for inspirational munching while I work.  Turns out someone else has been munching, too.  We recently discovered that we have a Christmas mouse in our house who apparently has a thing for peanut M&M's, too.  My husband discovered the leftovers behind my laptop.  Evidently our little mouse loves the chocolate and peanuts but isn't a big fan of the outer sugar shell, which are left in a neat pile.

We weren't completely sure we had a mouse until my son said he saw it scurry across the kitchen floor and squeeze under the stove.  Now I'm pretty impressed.  There isn't a whole lot of room under that range to scurry, particularly if you have been feasting on peanut M&M's.

I was totally enamored by our little guest, until my hubby told me that it might be a girl and girls have babies and that leads to a family of mice.  I don't want to know what he plans to do about it.  I prefer to keep visions of sugarplum fairies and our M&M-eating Christmas mouse in my head.

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