It was about 2:30am...
The typical "pitter-patter-pounce" noise started, alerting us to the fact that Harvey had caught a mouse. Teresa flipped on the lights and jumped out of bed to see Harvey holding a baby mouse. This being our first baby mouse we've caught, we were amazed how much easier it was to catch than the adult mice we've been known to chase around the bedroom for eternity. The mouse was put into the bathroom garbage can, as normal, and the top covered. We laid back down and went to sleep.
About 2:50am...
From the other bedroom we hear, "pitter-patter-pounce-SQUEEK!" Well this is now getting interesting! The light once again flies on and Teresa goes running to once again find Harvey with yet another baby mouse in his mouth. This mouse joins the other in the can and they immediately snuggle in together. We lay back down to sleep and now the adrenaline is pumping. Teresa gets back up and goes downstairs to get the baby mice a watermelon snack from the fridge (in case they are hungry or thirsty of course).
3:15am...
Another episode of "pitter-patter-pounce-squeek!" has Teresa once again jolting up in bed. By this time Eric remains in bed, bored from the monotony of the evening or perhaps just growing more and more sleep deprived. Teresa collects a third baby mouse from Harvey and adds him to the ever growing mouse collection in the bathroom. Well, now the adrenaline is just pumping fully and so at every little noise, Teresa is acting like a crazed lunatic: she continually jumps in and out of bed, turns the lights on and off, and runs around from room to room. By about 4am, she decides perhaps there are no more mice after all and some sleep will do the body good.
So this morning 3 baby mice were released into the meadow, hopefully to find some shelter before the night. Even more hopeful is that Harvey caught all of the baby mice last night and that we don't have to replay the madness again tonight!
