I guess it's been a while since I've really blogged. I suppose that's mostly because not much has been going on.
Our Thanksgiving went well. It was a little bit awkward because it was the first holiday spent with my stepfather's new wife, in my mother's home. Just seeing her run around that kitchen, using my grandmother's good china, etc, was tough to see. But all in all, it was a good day. Good food, good family, good times.
My son lost his second tooth last week. That was fun. :smile: I'm still a bit like a kid myself, I think. I get all excited as soon as I realize that he has a loose tooth, and I make it a point to check it once or twice a week to see how loose it's gotten. If it hasn't made progress, I actually feel a little bit disappointed!
What's up with that?! So anyway, the tooth fairy gave him a dollar and he was all ecstatic. And he's already got another loose tooth. :wink:
My son has two pet mice that do not share a cage. They hate each other. But anywho... one of them is probably around a year and a half old, and she died sometime today. I just realized it about 30 minutes ago. I haven't told my son yet, because at the time I found her, it was only 15 minutes till his bedtime, and I didn't want to give him that disturbing news right before bed. But after I laid him down, I took the cage out of my room and put her on the patio. I don't think I could handle sleeping in a room while knowing that a dead mouse was only a few feet away. The other mouse seems happy and active, but she is about a year younger than the one that passed, so I guess that's to be expected. I just hate having to tell him. We knew she was sick, we've known for a week or so now. And I explained to him that she was pretty old, and that if she died, it wouldn't be entirely unexpected. He seemed to understand, and I'm hoping that it will help soften the blow when I tell him tomorrow morning. He gets REALLY attached to his pets, as do most kids. I know it's just going to shatter his world. We had another mouse die about 3 months ago, and he still talks about how he misses her... I can't imagine how hard this is going to be for him. I think we may be done with pets for a while... just keep the one mouse around until it's her time as well, and then take a break from the "pet" thing. He's now lost two mice and a rabbit, and he's only six years old! I need to let up on him a little bit, I think. :smile:
Other than that, I guess nothing new is really going on in my life. *sigh*
Our Thanksgiving went well. It was a little bit awkward because it was the first holiday spent with my stepfather's new wife, in my mother's home. Just seeing her run around that kitchen, using my grandmother's good china, etc, was tough to see. But all in all, it was a good day. Good food, good family, good times.
My son lost his second tooth last week. That was fun. :smile: I'm still a bit like a kid myself, I think. I get all excited as soon as I realize that he has a loose tooth, and I make it a point to check it once or twice a week to see how loose it's gotten. If it hasn't made progress, I actually feel a little bit disappointed!
My son has two pet mice that do not share a cage. They hate each other. But anywho... one of them is probably around a year and a half old, and she died sometime today. I just realized it about 30 minutes ago. I haven't told my son yet, because at the time I found her, it was only 15 minutes till his bedtime, and I didn't want to give him that disturbing news right before bed. But after I laid him down, I took the cage out of my room and put her on the patio. I don't think I could handle sleeping in a room while knowing that a dead mouse was only a few feet away. The other mouse seems happy and active, but she is about a year younger than the one that passed, so I guess that's to be expected. I just hate having to tell him. We knew she was sick, we've known for a week or so now. And I explained to him that she was pretty old, and that if she died, it wouldn't be entirely unexpected. He seemed to understand, and I'm hoping that it will help soften the blow when I tell him tomorrow morning. He gets REALLY attached to his pets, as do most kids. I know it's just going to shatter his world. We had another mouse die about 3 months ago, and he still talks about how he misses her... I can't imagine how hard this is going to be for him. I think we may be done with pets for a while... just keep the one mouse around until it's her time as well, and then take a break from the "pet" thing. He's now lost two mice and a rabbit, and he's only six years old! I need to let up on him a little bit, I think. :smile:
Other than that, I guess nothing new is really going on in my life. *sigh*