Our breakfast conversation this morning:
Oliver: Mom, Evelyn and the boy across the street found a dead mouse and were touching it.
Evelyn: silence
Oliver: It was in the neighbor's yard. I think a cat killed it and left it there.
Me: Please don't touch any dead animals you find outside. They have a lot of yucky germs.
Oliver: And she didn't even wash her hands!
Me: Ugh.
Evelyn: Mom, what about dead reindeer?
Me: No! Don't touch any dead animals, especially any dead reindeer you find in our neighborhood.