Life on the Farm...

I guess I thought I'd seen it all.

That is until today, when Ashlyn came back from the barn toting a five-gallon bucket, which, to my surprise, was actually serving as a temporary home to the two tiny mice she'd "rescued".  

Part of me was happy to see her find, and the other part of me was thinking, You've got to be kidding me.

But then Ashlyn (very excitedly) started begging me for a piece of swiss cheese, because they were "definitely very hungry".  It was a great sight to see the kids-all three of the kids-tearing off pieces of cheese and throwing it in the bucket.  We all laughed as we watched them nearly jump out of the bucket.  I had no idea they could jump so high!  So we watched for a while, for after all, they are kind of cute when you really look at them (unless you are my mom, who goes berserk at the sight of one).  After we had been entertained, Poppy and the kids took the little critters down to the creek and released them.  Ashlyn carefully spread the cheese about, just in case the mice decided they wanted to eat it later.  She suggested that the pair might choose a snake hole for a home.  I didn't think to tell her what a very, very bad decision that would be for them.

I did, however, ask Ashlyn how she caught the mice, to which she informed me, "Poppy caught them with his bare hands!"  

Ah, life on the Farm!!!