A scratch in the dark

I stayed up reading last night (The Emerald Isle, by Angela Elwell Hunt). Usually reading in bed makes me drowsy, but I was wide awake for the entire book, and I didn't finish the book until 3:30 a.m!

Then Jaden woke me up at 4:45 a.m. (ugh) telling me he heard weird scratching noises in his wall.

Jeff investigated and concluded that a little mouse has moved into Jaden's wall. Thankfully, we have an extra "sound machine," so we moved it into Jaden's room and turned on the rain. Jaden informed me this morning that he didn't go to sleep for another hour because he kept listening for the mouse, whom he's named "Clatter."

I imagine we'll climb into the attic to see if we can find any indications of the furry little pest. We have no mouse poison presently, but that may change.