It's true, we bid Bianca a sad farewell this week, she passed away on Wednesday night. We saw it coming and endured two days of rough emotions as we were helpless to heal her. You might say, "good riddance!" If so, I would say you are blatantly misinformed about rats. We have known since we got her that the lifespan of a rat is very short (2 years on average), but that doesn't make it any easier for two little girls who were very fond of her. She loved to come out of her cage and play with the girls everyday. She never once bit anyone or complained about being forced to do the wheelbarrow (Rylee). When hamsters or gerbils escape they hide and don't want to be found. Rats escape because they are stunningly smart and just want to explore. After a few minutes of exploring Bianca would get lonely and want to be where the people are and would climb right into your lap. The jury is still out whether we will replace her with another rat or try a different pet. If rat's lived at least 10 years, there would be no question about it - we would get at least two more. We buried her across the street from our new home in an area that will remain undeveloped and the girls marked the spot with two yellow roses.
In better news, Lauren completed her next course in swimming lessons and officially has been labeled as a fish. She jumps off the diving board in the deep end and can swim all the way across at age 6. She says she want's to swim in the olympics - at this point Janna and I are thinking: "Well, why not?"
Rylee decided to cut her own hair. Those bangs didn't stand a chance.
Bedtime can be entertaining. Fairy stories, gas, princess pajama's, and night shades.
Lauren's idea. "Dad, let's take a picture wearing mustaches." Man, I wish I could come up with ideas as cool as this.
4 comments:
The yellow roses almost made me cry. Farewell Bianca.
Our sympathies. Carley feels your pain, she lost her beloved hamster too! On a happier note, we LOVED the mustaches! Lauren's fish-face made her look distinguished, Rylee looks like the Pink Panther inspector, and Mark...grey is rather becoming on you! I printed this picture for my bulletin board at school. May you make others smile as well!
Mark, you must be getting old, your mustache is grey.
So sad about Bianca. My sister had a rat as a pet growing up, but it DID bite. We had to wear leather gloves to put the food in it's cage. Maybe you lucked out with Bianca. Maybe a hampster next?
Love these updates of our faraway cousins!
Sorry about the rat. Hope the girls are doing okay.
So exciting about the swim lessons. Can't wait to sign Abram up at the same place. James and Jarom were great swimmers at the age of four but we haven't been happy with any swim teachers we've found for Abram. The one last year almost let him drown as she was not paying attention to him when he fell off of the stairs. Luckily I had been watching and ran like a mad, crazy woman. So my point is, I am happy to hear a good recomendation. :)
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