Mousy

Meet Jerry. (You know, like Tom and Jerry, the cartoon.) 

He's a new addition to our home.

Question: What girl would ever answer a guy to prom by giving him a mouse in a mouse wheel?

Answer: Whoever Nate is taking to prom.  

We didn't know what to do with Jerry and afraid of him getting out of his box, we put tin foil over the top and poked appropriate air holes.

We also fed Jerry croutons. 

 For an extra measure we stuck the box inside a tote. (We shut him up in Natalie's room for the night and I would've felt terrible if Jerry got out and was wondering around in Natalie's room.)

See that big hole near the bottom side of the box. That was Jerry's doing. 

It's a good thing we stuck the box in a tote because later when I went down to check on him, he was sitting on top of the box. Yeah we freaked out a little. 

Nate put another crouton inside the box to get Jerry in there again. 

Well, Jerry only got to spend the night at our house. Mom made sure that he was disposed of and gotten rid of before she got home. 

Our first option was to feed him to the Larsen's snake. (Terrible sounding right?) But alas, he was too small.

So we released him into the wild (a field). I don't know how he's going to survive without his croutons. Maybe we should have tied some to his tail for a meal later.