Ronald

I have had a pretty strict "no pet" policy in our house. It's not that I don't like animals, but something about 4 kids, age 5 and under sounded busy enough, without adding anything else to take care of! The girls absolutely adore animals and LOVE playing with friend's, family's and total stranger's pets! They've done a nice job of creatively finding their own pets around the house, also. We have "Mr. Squirrel", who lives outside in our backyard, they had pet worms (the paper towel rolled up and spit on kind!) that lived in a nice little bowl, and recently we had plastic frogs living in a water "aquarium" container on the kitchen counter. I've been very accepting of any pet that I don't have to clean up after! I thought this rule was pretty much set-in-stone until I came home from work on Monday afternoon to 3 ecstatic little girls, who couldn't wait for me to meet....RONALD!!!

Daddy is the current hero in our house, as he took them to buy their first pet this week :) Hannah wanted to carry around Ronald's container so that she could "hold him".
She checks on him throughout the day, never forgets to feed him, and gazes at him adoringly...

Ronald refused to eat the food flakes that they had originally bought, so 3 days later, I was taking them back to the pet shop to get these gross bloodworms that he has been enjoying ever since. I also have to add that the container had to be cleaned out because too much food had fallen to the bottom during Ronald's food strike, and I, of course, was the one who had to clean it!

I'm not a big fan of Ronald, but I do love watching my kids enjoy their first pet.....and I am incredibly thankful that Daddy didn't let them bring home a puppy!!!