the pets in our life

Like my daughter’s “pet”? 

She does too.  Or at least, it was her fave on this particular day (note my children’s proximity to the “dog” bed). 

I believe this animal is a “mouse”.

I KNOW it started life as a cat toy.  Purchased one day when my husband thought our cat was being particularly playful and figured maybe she would love some toys to bat around. 

She’d rather bat fallen cheerios from the highchair around the room than associate with “cat toys”.  

But we tried.

And now it is a “pet” for Hannah.  First a hamster.  Now she is calling it a “mole”. 

She has named it Coupon from the get go and has pretty much stayed with that name. 

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In other news, we found out on Saturday that our dog has a small tumor on his leg.  The vet said it is cancerous and it will need to be removed. 

But they also said it is likely a low “grade” of cancer.  Hopefully nothing that we will need to worry about for a long time, if at all. 

We are not sure how old Baxter is.  When we adopted him they said he was probably 2 or 3, but we think he was likely a little older than that.  So we are guessing he is 9-10 ish.  He acts very young and playful at times, but at other times seems old and crotchety. 

Kind of like me.  :-)

The above pictures were taken shortly after we got him.  He would almost always turn his head when you took a picture.  Still does, although we get a little more cooperation now.