Rattitude

I’ve complained often how hard it is to find cute rat and mouse “stuff”.  Well, I can usually find things online, but I’ve pretty much never just walked into a random store and saw a cute rat or mouse thing that I just had to have.

Halloween always gets me in a tizzy at work, going through all our halloween decorations, trying to find a rat in there somewhere.

Sadly, when I do find rats they are usually skeezy rats, not cute ones.

Well, yesterday I was flipping through some gel clings at work.  Skull.  Bat.  Pumpkin, cat, mouse, skull, bat.

WAIT!  Did I just see a mouse?

I did see a mouse.  I found 2 of them actually.  And they are even cute in their own way.  Not adorable cute, but not skeezy at all.  I just HAD to buy them.

They were only $1 a piece, and with my employee discount I got them both for $1.61.

I had no idea where I was going to stick them, since I don’t have any glass in the rat room, and was worried that if I stuck them to the wall they might damage the paint.

Well, before I had left work yesterday I had decided they are going to live in my bedroom with me.  Two cute mice living on my bedroom mirror.

Tofu: This morning, Mom came in to see us and did something stupid, and…

Java: Mom NEVER does ANTYTHING stupid!

Tofu: She does too.

Sushi: She gave us toys. Toys aren’t stupid.

Java: Mommy’s not stupid!

Tofu: I didn’t say Mom was stupid, I said she does stupid stuff, like this morning when she came in to see us and give us toys, she opened the little ones cage.

Sushi: The little what’s cage?

Tofu: The mice.

Java: My rat daddy called them Snack Crackers.

Tofu and Sushi: EWWWWW!!!

Java: Well he did.

Tofu: Your dad was gross.

Java: What happened when she opened the snack crackers cage?

Sushi: She didn’t give me any snack crackers.

Java: She didn’t give any of us snack crackers, she opened the snack crackers cage.

Tofu: Would you two please shut up, I’m trying to talk.  Like I was saying, when she opened the little one’s cage, she gave them food and she FORGOT TO SHUT THE CAGE!

Java and Sushi: OH NO!

Java: Did she snack crackers escape?

Tofu: I wish you’d stop calling them snack crackers.  Its really gross.  No, they didn’t get out.  They didn’t want to get out.

Java: Those old women are too old and lazy to know how to have real fun.

Tofu: Yeah, I wish she’d leave OUR cage open!

Sushi: I just wish she’d give me some snack crackers.

Tofu: I’m never going to look at snack crackers the same again.  Thanks Java.

Java: You’re welcome.

The Snack Crackers