I could't believe it either at the time. Like a good mom, I had a chance to sneak away and have my own magical experience SHOPPING for myself and my family. (No I can't tell what I bought, you know it is Christmas),

upon my return, I noticed that in the terrace area where we had grabbed a table earlier, there seemed to be some excitement happening, so I hurried up, and Lessa was a flustered and excited she said "guess what just happened".... ? I said "what"? "A rat just crawled up my leg!!" I said " Right, you're pulling my leg!!" and the families all around said "no she's not, it was a big !!***!! of a rat", in fact the small kids at the table behind us were actually standing on there chairs, people were laughing and talking about who was more shocked or scared, the rat or Lessa.

I was told that the rat was at least 6+" long, pretty healthy I would say. One man said that it was most likely a water rat, flooded out!!. Lessa I hope I did not ruin the story!!. I just thought that coming from mom it would make it MORE believable!! I thought I would have a sleepless night, as Lessa would be having nightmares all night, I thought I could have some fun that night, as I was sharing a bed, but being the nice mother that I am, I opted to let it go, as I did not want TOTAL revenge cast on me. Erich missed this whole event, as he has creating his own magical moment(s). I will let him tell that story, as I was not there, (note: I believe he has already started tell about what he did after he left us.).