We have done the unthinkable...
Something I never thought I would do ever...
We welcomed a rodent into our home...
Olivia has been asking for a hamster for well over a year. I don't like them. My answer is always no. Well, the little miss outsmarted me & asked Daddy. He said - give me a week & I will decide. So she waited patiently for a week. Then in the most gentle, little girl voice asked, "Daddy, have you made your decision yet?"
Here's the thing, Jarrett has always given in to anything the girls want. They have him wrapped around their little fingers. Always have, always will. Daddy can't resist a sweet smile & the most gentle little girl voice.
Daddy took Olivia to PetsMart to "look" at the hamsters. The challenge was, if she can hold one without freaking out then she could get it. That back-fired on Daddy. They came home with a little brown box with air-holes & a cage. I talked to Olivia on the phone, she said "He's a winter-white hamster". I immediately freak out - all white animals are disgusting. I ask her to put her Daddy on the phone. He confirms that is just the breed. He is actually brown & a little grey.
I put together the cage. We filled it with the shavings. And Jarrett put him in his home. His name is Max. And I have 2 happy girls.........& a rodent living in my house.
Now, what miss Snooks will think of Max is yet to be determined. She spent the evening eyeing the cage.
