A Dead Mouse In The Playhouse

It's very cold these days and it's about to get colder. Going outside isn't my #1 choice with the kidlets these days. Today though was sunny and pretty. It was cold though. I thought I could open up the playhouse, clean off the table that we are using for Thanksgiving and wait for James to come home. Wrong.

We got outside and we were all excited. I opened up the playhouse and went to open the smaller door. That's when I saw it. My door had been chewed down. Wood chips were everywhere. Then I started to notice mass amounts of turds on the floor. As I start freaking out I notice the other door has also been chewed. I sniff the air to see if I smell a dead rat. Nope, but that doesn't mean anything. Luckily Keely can walk so she isn't face to face with the turds and she is actually outside trying to ride a bike. Will is good, I tell him what's up and to stay outside. I run inside and grab the vacuum. I hurry back out asking Will if Kiki is still outside. We are good. I start the vacuum. Up go the turds and wood chips. I start picking up toys that were left on the floor only to find the rat ate some of them and destroyed them. It ate a bunch of fake plastic fruits and veggies. It also ate a rhino Will got from our neighbor. She bought it in Africa. I loved that thing. It ate a few paint samples I had collected. I lifted slowly a blanket left on the floor to see a large, hairy mass. I screamed. James thankfully was just walking on the scene. I ran out of the playhouse. I gagged and raged a moment on the lawn. He took the kids to swing. I decided to be a big girl and get the SOB out of there. I grabbed a flat shovel and walked back in. James said he would do it but I insisted on doing it. I asked his advice on where it should go. I got it on the shovel and brought it into the light. It was so sweet. It looked like it had just fallen asleep and never woke back up. It's fur looked soft, not matted or greasy or gross. It was fat. It may have been pregnant. I was a little sad. But, it's a nasty rodent and into the neighbors empty lot it went.

I have no clue how it got in there. Obviously it entered when we were in it. Where it hid I have no clue. I am so pissed it chewed both of the doors. When cleaning I could find no spot of entry. I will look again. I now have to take some anti-bacterial wipes and wipe everything down. I found a turd in the kitchen toy they have. I may throw it out.