"Mama...there's a bug back there!"

Those were Isabel's words about 20 minutes ago. We have a long driveway & she & Jasper (of course, he was driving) were driving the John Deere to the back of the house. She runs up to me & says:

"Mama, there's a bug back there! Come here! Come here! Get him."

ME: "Well, we need to go inside anyway & get our PJ's on. I'll help you take your toys to the back & look at the bug." Isabel is so much like me in regards to bugs. She hates them! But if she sees a gnat, she is scared. So I'm thinking it was going to be an ant.

Here's the "bug" in question...

A FREAKING DEAD MOUSE...A HUGE DEAD MOUSE...WITH FLIES ALL AROUND IT...

I said, "Oh my gosh! Everyone stay away!" Nate isn't home at the moment, but when he gets here, he will be shoveling off dead mouse from our driveway. We've never (knock on wood) had a mouse in the house that I know of...well, with the exception of that one I had a couple of years ago that was stuck in between the walls.

Now, they are obsessed & playing dead mouse in the living room. Jasper has asked me why I have the "Heebie Jeebies" because that is what I kept saying.

**Note: The photo quality isn't the best because it is a freaking mouse & I stood far away & zoomed in on my crappy phone** :)

UPDATE: NATE DISPOSED OF THE "BUG" AND IT TURNS OUT THE "BUG" WASN'T A MOUSE, BUT A BABY POSSUM. THIS EXPLAINS THE GIANTNESS IN THAT CREATURE. YIKES STRIPES!