We had to wait 4-5 days before we took the hamster out of her cage.
The kids have been counting down the days. On Wednesday we took her
out of her cage for the first time. She was petrified so we let her
simply explore the room for a while. We discovered she could smash
herself under the door to get out of the room. I told the kids to
watch her and sit by the door. They called me up 5 minutes later to
tell me they had lost her. How the heck was I going to find a hamster
in our house? Monti told me she was sure Annie had left the room even
though she had not seen her leave. After an hour of looking we found
her smashed behind Monti’s nightstand tangled on some electric cords.
I was scared to move the table because I was convinced she was dead.
Monti was brave and investigated the situation further. The hamster
was alive. We were all relieved. We learned some very valuable lessons
about having a small pet.
Author: Elsa
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Annie gets lost
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Dahlia’s field trip
I was a chaperone for the kindergarten field trip to Remlinger Farm. I
am starting to really get a complex about the amount of kids these
teachers assign me for field trips. I consistently get the smallest
group of kids. Several times I have had only two in my group with one
of them being my own. I do wonder if the teachers see something in me
that says “she can’t handle too much.” -
Impulse buy
I am not sure what came over me at PetSmart but we ended up coming
home with a new pet hamster. The girls named her Annie. They are crazy
about her! She fits perfectly on Monti’s shelf in her bedroom. Monti’s
bedroom is essentially the staging area for bedtime where we read
books. All the sleeping is done in Dahlia’s room so there is no
worries about Annie’s nocturnal habits keeping any child awake at
night. -
Corky’s dance
Sunday morning was hell for Corky. The girls had a sleepover the night
before so there were 4 girls lavishing all their attention on one
little scrawny creature. The morning was pretty rough on me too. All
the girls were up and wanting breakfast by 5:30 am. -
Spelling challenge
Monti has 10 spelling words each week and 5 challenge words. She has a
tough time getting them right. Last week I decided she needed to
remember them by hearing the rhythm of spelling them out loud. Some of
the words need little songs to go with the spelling. Thanks to “Men
without Hats” one of this week’s challenge words should be easy to
remember. S-s-s-s A-a-a-a- F-f-f-f- E-e-e-eT-t-t-t-Y-y-y-y (Safety
Dance) -
Some friendly ghosts
Monti and I made some friendly ghosts out of sheet covered beer
bottles and foil. We worked on this while watching Casper. -
Bingo night
They should have passed out earplugs at the door for the school Bingo
night. Grade school kids loaded up on candy and popcorn can get very
rowdy. Sadly none of us got our chance to scream “BINGO”. -
Cheap Halloween floral
I spray painted several of the things I found at the thrift store to
give them a nice Halloween feel.
