new year - new friend

apparently i get a kick out of surprising my loved ones with free pets!

in 2002 i surprised jude...

he came home from work one day and i said i have a surprise for you,

but i can't find it...

it was a tiny kitten named sprocket who was hiding under the futon!

(do you remember sprockey?)

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this week my friend 'kijiji' offered me a new pet:

i was able to surprise the girls one morning with something 

that emery has been asking for for a while...

if you didn't see this image on facebook, 

here are the girls faces upon seeing their surprise:

and it's taken me all week to get a decent shot of this quick little critter:

meet our new friend, acorn.

special thanks to the family not far from here 

who wanted to give this black bear hamster a good home.

we love having a new friend to play with and care for.