mice - and not the friendly cinderella kind...

have invaded my home!  i went to get a spoon this am for breakfast and there was a piece of candy in there (a crunch egg) from one of the boys' treat baskets... so i asked "ok, who put the candy in here?!?" to which i got the expected double "not me".  then i noticed the foil was still on it.  then i noticed it had smaller-than-human-teeth scoring marks in it.  then.... i screamed like a little girl.... sooo all the silverware, and the tray went into the dishwasher.  under the tray, i found droppings.....eeeeewwww! and washed out the drawer with hot, soapy water.  then... the candy baskets had to go in the trash.  i was going to do just the candy, but 008 suggested that we get rid of the baskets too (a kid after my own heart!).  then, i had to give all 3 of us a lecture on the importance of not leaving food where they can get to it, etc.  sigh... i guess it is that time of year....now i gotta get traps (i can't stand poison - unless you're talking the band!) and i'm not sure i wear the big girl panties for those or not....can't they just pick another house?  apparently the one the cat was eating on THE FRONT PORCH wasn't the only one YUCK!