Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Lemonade Stands and HAMSTERS!!!




So, a little bit ago my kids and the two girls we babysit had a lemonade stand. They decided that with their earnings they wanted to buy a HAMSTER! My kids have been wanting to get a hamster for a long time. I guess I am gluten for punishment because now, sitting in a little cage in the girls bedroom are not one, not two, but three hamsters! I know! I am crazy. We bought two and that was grand, glorious, great! (except for the eye gouging and name calling I hear all day long between 5 kids and two hamsters!) But then!!! I come home from hitting the garage sales on Saturday and while I was gone James had taken the kids to the pet store to get some "accommodations" for the hamsters and ends up buying another one!!! I could have shot my husband. He blamed it on Kylee's big brown puppy dog eyes...sucker...

So...despite at least one hamster getting lost a day and us tearing the house apart trying to find it before the cat does (who knew hamsters and cats weren't buddies...) It has been pretty cute to see my kids taking care of and loving those little hamsters. It is weird what animal loving children can do to easily persuaded parents.

Note to self: If your kids ask you to have a lemonade stand, change to subject real quick and take them to get an ice cream!

5 comments:

David said...

OH NO :) :) :) HAHAHA hopefully the hamsters don't mate or before long you'll have oh so many more :)

David said...

oh, and they do look so cute with their new pets!!

Charlotte said...

You are so nice. All we let our kids have are fish.

Kari said...

You are pretty funny, Taush. I mean, seriously I couldn't stop laughing. OH! I wish I lived close not only to borrow some butter, but to go yard sale shopping on Saturdays. I love doing that. And don't you know...??? ALL dad's are suckers!!!

Erin Stones said...

The pics of your kids with the hamsters are seriously sooo cute! I am going to fight having pets to the bitter end if possible. Jake wants a dog but have you noticed we have no fence? For some reason he doesn't think this would be a problem! Crazy!