THERE'S A HUGE RAT MOM

So i was folding my laundry yesterday and my niece Aubrey came over to play with Lindsey. The girls decide to go play downstairs and they took Tanner with them. All of the sudden I heard all three of them running upstairs just screaming at the top of their lungs (I mean I thought someone was on fire or something really bad had happened.) They were yelling MOM MOM (Aunt Joann) their's this big huge RAT downstairs!!! We seen it. Hurry!!! When I hear this I am about dying because I will not live in the same house as a Rat or mouse or cat.... I got my courage up, put on my shoes (I was bare foot) and I headed downstairs with Aubrey, Lindsey and Tanner to confront this demon. (of course Sean's at work, and Matt and Caiden aren't home either. Where's the men when you need them?) So I finally make it down the stairs. Lindsey shows me the exact corner where she last seen it. I walked over and... A HUGE CRICKet crawls out of the corner. They start yelling There it is! There it is!!! Needless to say, I am sooo relieved that it was not a RAT and I can stay living here. Although I am a bit worried that they don't know the difference between a CRICKET and a RAT.