Our new HAMSTER

Last November, Sarah had a fund raiser at school. One of the prizes they could earn was a toy hamster that you could turn on and it would roll around in a little pink ball. Sarah won that prize and decided that she wanted a REAL hamster. Since then, Sarah has been waiting for one. We made her wait because we wanted to make sure it wasn't a whim and that she really wanted one. She has been saving her money and last Tuesday, on her birthday, we finally went to Petsmart and picked one out!! It worked out well because we didn't have school due to the ICE.

Here is Sarah, VERY EXCITED, about to pick out her hamster.


Once we got home, we put our new friend in its fancy cage.

Sarah named her "Princess". She is really sweet tempered, slow moving, and enjoys being held. Great qualities when being handled by 4 and 7 year old kids.

Here is a close up shot that Sarah took.

Updates as of Feb 1st--Princess loves to sleep in her little pink bed. She has just figured out how to climb to the top of her cage and use the purple wheel. She is so small, she has trouble hoisting her body into the spoke to get out of the wheel, but she is persistant and can now do it independently. She also uses her "potty" which makes cleaning the cage easy!! (for Sarah)