Stew
A sizeable update since I haven't posted for a while.
Sadly Shayera (our second hamster) died on March 23rd. Not quite sure why but it was rather unexpected. Hunter handled it well though at one point he seemed sad and told me to 'never never tell me that she died' but then proclamed coolly a few minutes later that she died, alternating with that she went home to her mommy because she missed her mommy. I think I was more sad than he was. You'd think after doing it so many times (Shayera marked the seventh or so hamster I've seen pass on in my lifetime) it would get easier but it never does.
On a brighter note, the weather has been far better here lately, we're getting up to the 12s in the afternoons now so Hunter and I have taken advantage of it. We went and fed the ducks and went to the park the other day, which we had to ourselves for about 25 minutes. Very nice!
Iron Man and Iron Monger learned how to fly and use the slide.
We've also broken out the paints that Dan and Jenn got him a while back again and done some fingerpainting
I snapped a few nice pictuers of him last Wednesday or Thursday that I love:
And lastly, we attended Hunter's friend Preston's fourth birthday yesterday which was quite fun. It took him a few minutes to get motivated to join in but he had fun, mostly doing his own thing and breaking conformity. It now marks the end of the 'birthday season' (thankfully!).
It's now almost 5 am on Easter Sunday. I did a 7 pm run for Easter goodies that I'd procrastinated on getting and a midnight 'egg stuffing/basket making' party for one. We're ready to go on the morning egg hunt and then Hunter, Jason and I will be heading up island to visit Uncle Gerald, Val and Deeohgee.
Sadly Shayera (our second hamster) died on March 23rd. Not quite sure why but it was rather unexpected. Hunter handled it well though at one point he seemed sad and told me to 'never never tell me that she died' but then proclamed coolly a few minutes later that she died, alternating with that she went home to her mommy because she missed her mommy. I think I was more sad than he was. You'd think after doing it so many times (Shayera marked the seventh or so hamster I've seen pass on in my lifetime) it would get easier but it never does.
On a brighter note, the weather has been far better here lately, we're getting up to the 12s in the afternoons now so Hunter and I have taken advantage of it. We went and fed the ducks and went to the park the other day, which we had to ourselves for about 25 minutes. Very nice!
Iron Man and Iron Monger learned how to fly and use the slide.
We've also broken out the paints that Dan and Jenn got him a while back again and done some fingerpainting
I snapped a few nice pictuers of him last Wednesday or Thursday that I love:
And lastly, we attended Hunter's friend Preston's fourth birthday yesterday which was quite fun. It took him a few minutes to get motivated to join in but he had fun, mostly doing his own thing and breaking conformity. It now marks the end of the 'birthday season' (thankfully!).
It's now almost 5 am on Easter Sunday. I did a 7 pm run for Easter goodies that I'd procrastinated on getting and a midnight 'egg stuffing/basket making' party for one. We're ready to go on the morning egg hunt and then Hunter, Jason and I will be heading up island to visit Uncle Gerald, Val and Deeohgee.