5 little monkeys: Lemonade Stands and HAMSTERS!!!

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!

4 comments:

David said...: OH NO :) :) :) HAHAHA hopefully the hamsters don't mate or before long you'll have oh so many more :); August 13, 2008 at 9:39 PM
David said...: oh, and they do look so cute with their new pets!!; August 13, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Charlotte said...: You are so nice. All we let our kids have are fish.; August 14, 2008 at 5:32 AM
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!; August 14, 2008 at 8:34 AM

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"Mom, you crochet faster than a chicken!"
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"Yes! Once, when I was at the Zoo and I was lost all by myself I saw a chicken crocheting."
"Oh really, and he was crocheting with his feet?"
"Ya, He was crocheting with all of his feet! But he wasn't as fast as you Mom!"
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Baily- "I just can't do it Mom, Heavenly Father is just too far up there."
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Tyler-"I get to be 'hears a who'"
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It's true...we were getting cat hair off his tongue for days!
Baily and I were sitting on the couch and she looks up at me with her big green eyes and says, "Mom, guess what...Jesus died for us!" Talk about an unbelievable parent moment!
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Baily- "I'm sitting on her."
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Tyler "Good Job Mom!"
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Lemonade Stands and HAMSTERS!!!

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