Jerry update...

Well, today the saga of Jerry the mouse has come to an end. We resorted to the "mean" traps after a week of the "nice" traps didn't work. We have helped our little mouse friend to depart this life this morning. It is good to be mouse free.

So, we have discovered a little friend in our house. I mouse is in the house. Where from, we do not know. But since the mouse was not invited in, we are in the process of ridding ourselves of the offender. So as part of the process, we bought a series of mouse traps. In an effort to keep the kids from snapping off a finger by touching a mouse trap, Brian decided to set one and show them how it works. This is the set trap.

Brian then proceeded to set off the trap, with a pencil. The metal part flung itself over and landed on the "bait" part. Brian then asks Tyler, what does the mouse trap do when you touch the yellow part? Thinking Tyler would have picked up on the fact that metal slams down where the mouse is supposed to be, was a little surprised when Tyler answers, "It throws mouses". Totally serious, he though the mouse would perch on the metal and be flung across the room, in an effort to amuse the mouse. Since he does this sort of thing with his army men, I can see where the thought process came from, however, it didn't really serve to teach the lesson we were going for. We've resolved to use "live catch" traps, in an effort to save potential mishaps with army men, going for a ride on the flinging mouse traps!