Ginger's Find!!

Our dog, Ginger kept sniffing and barking at our linen closet the other day. Finally Derek pulled a blanket out to see what she was upset about and this is what we found. At first we thought they were some little plastic pigs from a pig launcher toy that Jerrod had but then..................one of them moved...............and then they started sqeaking!!!

They were four freshly born field mice. Nasty!!!! So, we decided to gather them up in a cup and then the next thing we saw was mommy mouse darting across Jerrod's floor coming to save them. She was moving them into Jerrod's closet. So, our next plan was to place one of the babies in the cup and then catch her when she was rescuing it so we could place the happy family outside in the greenbelt across the street. Well, she went into the cup and took out her baby faster than Derek could grab her. Now by this time the kids are all thinking that these are the cutest things ever. So, when we went and found them in Jerrod's closet we decided we would try one more time to catch mommy but she decided to hide. After her brave rescue of her children we didn't have the heart to kill the babies so we decided to take care of it after pack meeting. Long story short, mom came and saved them again and now we aren't sure where they are. We are going to be packing up everyone's closet within the week so we will find them again. They are too little to move, plus Ginger will sniff them out, so we know that they won't be crawling around. So, the Crouch's are just a bunch of softies. Even as I am posting this picture Ava is behind me going awwwwwwwwwwwwwww.