My two redheaded daughters made cards for our hamster, Rapunzel–so named because she’s a Syrian long-hair. She’s so fluffy I’ve had to cut out bedding that got tangled in her hair.
One card said “Happy Easter” with a picture of foods she likes to eat such as carrots, broccoli, clover flowers, yogurt treats, and hamster pellets. Inside my daughter wrote, “I love you, Rapunzel. I hope you enjoy today!”
The card was sticking between the blue metal slats of her cage. I doubt she read it, but I’m glad she didn’t eat it or turn it into nest fodder.
The youngest daughter’s card also had pictures of her favorite foods and her name, slightly misspelled, as well as hearts. It was propped up next to the cage so she could look at it.
But did I, the mother, the one who bought the hamster, get an Easter card? Nooooooo.
Typical. Maybe I need to grow my hair longer and stick colored bits of paper in it.
Rapunzel in all her fluffy tangled mess. Rapunzel–tangled. I just got that!
Motherhood and Martial Arts 
Isn’t that the way it goes? But everyone assures me some day we’ll get the appreciation we deserve as mothers. Time will tell…
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To be fair, I’m not nearly as cute as Rapunzel, nor as new.
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I think you are!
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Teehee. 🙂
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Maybe if you got a person size hamster wheel and ran on all fours in it. Then with your long hair and bits of colored paper you’d be more hamster like. Or maybe replaced your bedroom door with nice blue cage wires and begged for carrots a lot…
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Always the inventive one, Andrew. Getting them to feed me, change my bedding, clean up after me… It’s like me when they were babies, but the cage is a crib. I suspect they’ll be doing that when I’m old and infirm.
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Such is the life of the mother, the teacher, the master. You’ve obviously taught them well…… sigh.
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At least I’ve taught them to appreciate cute, fuzzy creatures. 🙂
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That is a plus! 🙂
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🙂
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We all settled down after our Easter dinner to watch Tangled. It’s a great movie! It was rainy so we relaxed, ate various Easter candy and took naps. ….but I didn’t get a card either. And you are so much better than Syrian Long Hair status anyway….have another marshmallow peep or peanut butter egg. ..Happy Easter Keaster! 🙂
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peanut butter egg–Well, if the doctor orders it, I guess I’d better comply!
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Go ahead, have another one…I won’t tell..
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The kids notice the wrappers in the trash. Yesterday one said, “Someone ate THREE peanut butter eggs!” That was news to me, even. I thought my husband and I had each eaten one. Who ate the third? It’s still a mystery. Maybe I was sleepwalking during the night.
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shhhh….I put the wrappers in my pocket
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Ha. Nice. I should at least try to hide them in the trash better.
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i casually slip them in the trash outside..or in my wife’s trash can in our bathroom
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Sneaky. Kind of like how I can’t wait for the kids to go to bed so I can have ice cream.
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You gotta be furry with a cute little nose like Repunzel if ya wanna get an Easter card, you silly goose!!! :)p
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Well, I am kind of furry. Not sure if my nose would be considered cute or not….
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We did an easter egg hunt for our kids and they wouldn’t share their chocolate with me . . . they shared the hard-boiled eggs instead. Go figure!
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I hope you held some chocolate back from their baskets and saved it for yourself!
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Of course, I did. . . . but they didn’t know that. I took a video of my daughter eating a snickers bar while I was asking her for a bite and her saying no because it was “special”. Maybe I’ll bribe her with it when she’s older.
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Awh. Let’s hope it’s special because the Easter bunny gave it to her. Then that’s just cute!
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