Jaq, the Hamster

I was able to get a fairly good picture of the rodent last night. So far so good..he doesn't smell nearly as bad as I thought he would so I'll just keep being vigilant on keeping his cage clean. Alanna took this picture to daycare today and was soooo pleased; she's still telling EVERYONE "I've got a hamster!"

Our New Addition

Ok, so I still need to get a better picture of Jaq, the hamster, himself. But here is a pic of Alanna's new friend and his hamster mansion in her room. Jaq entered our lives Saturday as a hamster rescue where I was going to just find him a good home...apparently ours is the good home.

Power of Observation

I've learned that as adults we take for granted things we see on a daily basis as perfectly 'normal' and don't think twice about how odd they must appear to children or if an alien race were to just come take a look around.

For example, we were in Kohl's yesterday shopping. Out of the blue, Alanna looked up at some mannequins and made this shocked *gasp* while exclaiming, "Who took their heads!!!???"

They were the stylistic body only mannequins and indeed they did not have heads. I had to explain to her that those types of mannequins/dollies were only for showing clothes and they didn't make them with heads.

I think in between her exclamation and my explanation though both the cashier who overheard and I nearly peed our pants laughing.