Wall-e

We have a new member in our family. He is a glorified rat, as Coby would say. He is Wall-e the hamster and we are hamster “sitting”. This is an interesting thing this, “sitting” of a hamster that my children are doing. He lives on the table in the school room. There he spends his days and nights. Within the first hour of bringing Wall-e to our house Brittany had me looking up the cost of hamsters and cages. Rebekah wanted to “fly” Wall-e around the house. Michael wanted to feed him more food because he looked hungry. And Justin just wanted to see if Bernard our cat would like a new “playmate”. (Yes slightly morbid I know) So they were all filled with excitement of the weeks to come, dreams of this fuzzy little lovable….rat…playing with them, they each even assigned jobs to each other for the care of Wall-e. Yes I had a moment where I really thought this was a good thing and maybe I should let my children get another pet, they seemed SO grown up, SO responsible. Then reality set in.

Today, two weeks after Wall-e joined our family, I am doing a mental tally.
Last Time the kids fed Wall-e………1 week ago
Last time the kids gave Wall-e water…….6 days ago
Last time the kids asked to play with Wall-e…….7 days ago
Last time one of the kids looked at Wall-e……5 days ago
Last time I heard Wall-e’s name mentioned…..5 days ago
Last time the kids wanted to put him in his ball…..1 week ago
Last time Rebekah wanted to “fly” Wall-e….4 days ago
Last time they offerd to clean his cage....13 days ago
Last time they sang to Wall-e…..well, um, never but you get the idea.

And so, in the grand tradition of “funsucker-dom” I am forced to not even get my children a rat, err, hamster. Yes, there are joys in the fun sucking world, but this one I do not take sick pleasure in like I have before. Anyhow, Wall-e is calling. I need to run. Maybe I will let him have a playmate….